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I was a frequent Quora user with a relatively well-regarded reputation.

During an Ask to Answer session a user took offence to being proved wrong about some fact or other and threatened a retribution.

Over next few days emails began arriving in my personal inbox which the User had incorrectly identified as the email of my business clients.

The emails were pure vitriol accusing me of fraud etc telling the "clients" to jettison me.

I immediately contacted Quora as the information he had access to could only have come from an Administrator (which I had previously clashed with on the thread). Quora denied all knowledge but the Administrator refused to engage with me personally.

At that point I realised it just was not worth the exposure.




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