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Quora Space link curation before original posts

When building a niche feed, curate the best outside links first if the community responds better to useful industry selection than to your own posts.

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Why this can grow a startup

Founders often assume every channel should publish more original thought leadership. SaaStr’s Cloud Daily experiment suggests a different path: in some feeds, selection beats creation. Lemkin wrote that Cloud Daily grew fast by sharing a few interesting cloud stories a day and that links performed better than posts or questions for that community. The growth lesson is not to copy the format blindly. It is to test what the audience rewards. For niche B2B categories, a founder who curates the best five things every day can become a trusted router before asking readers to consume owned content.

Company example

SaaStr used its Cloud Daily Quora Space as a curated feed for three to four cloud stories a day and reported that links performed best for that community.

Source and metric

Source: SaaStr: Cloud Daily lessons

SaaStr reported Cloud Daily reached 100K+ followers and nearly 7M views in six months, while link posts outperformed original posts and questions.

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When to use it

Use this when Quora, Newsletter, Community is relevant to curation, community feed, b2b media and you can run a bounded test with a free budget.

When not to use it

Do not use it as a substitute for customer evidence, a clear owner, or a measurable stop condition. Local platform rules and market behavior still need checking.

Founder checklist

  1. Read SaaStr: Cloud Daily lessons and identify what is directly supported.
  2. Choose one channel context: Quora, Newsletter, Community.
  3. Define the test around SaaStr reported Cloud Daily reached 100K+ followers and nearly 7M views in six months, while link posts outperformed original posts and questions..
  4. Set an owner, evidence window, and stop condition before launch.

Explore the context

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