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> Quora also started out as an awesome service just like Medium. Eventually though...

That's the pure growth first strategy. At first it's all roses. Completely free, even ad-free. So there's none of the friction that comes with monetization. But eventually it comes into the picture.

Either a service is monetized from the start or it comes later.



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