Quora vs Facebook

U.S. and Canada users generally must resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration and waive class actions, which limits the ability to sue in court or join group cases. There is a 30-day opt-out window, which slightly reduces the impact.

You keep ownership, but Quora gets a very broad worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license to use, modify, distribute, and promote what you post. In practice, this gives Quora wide freedom to reuse your content across its platform and partner channels.

Deleting answers or your account may not fully erase copies already shared or syndicated outside Quora. Questions may also be edited or deleted by other users or Quora, reducing your control over posted material.

Your posts, profile details, and activity can be publicly visible, indexed by search engines, and shared beyond Quora. This makes participation potentially long-lasting and discoverable by employers, acquaintances, or the public.

Quora collects browsing, device, and engagement data, including via cookies, pixels, and embedded technologies on third-party sites, to personalize and measure ads. It also says it does not honor browser Do-Not-Track signals.

The service is provided "as is," Quora disclaims many warranties, and its liability is generally capped at the amount you paid in the prior 12 months. If something goes wrong, your practical remedies may be very limited.

Depending on location, users may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object, port data, withdraw consent, and opt out of targeted advertising. These rights are clearly listed with contact methods for making requests.

Quora provides settings to manage profile discoverability, search indexing, messages, comments, and notifications, and account deletion removes content from public visibility. This gives users more practical control than many social platforms.

Users can opt out of having their answers, posts, and comments used for large language model training. This is a notable user-protective control that many content platforms do not clearly offer.

Quora keeps personal information while you have a relationship with it and then for unspecified periods for audit, legal, and claims purposes. Because no concrete time limits are given, data may persist long after account use ends.

Quora may add, remove, or change features without notice and may suspend or terminate accounts for any reason. This gives the company broad unilateral control over access and service stability.

Quora says it does not sell personal information to third parties, which is a meaningful privacy commitment compared with many ad-supported platforms. This does not eliminate targeted advertising or other sharing, but it narrows one risk.

Meta collects information you provide, your activity, devices, contacts, and data from partners and third parties. In practice, this means Facebook can build a very detailed profile even from activity outside the app.

The policy says Meta receives information through cookies, pixels, and similar technologies from other websites and apps. This can connect your off-Facebook browsing and app activity back to your account or ad profile.

Some information is public by default, and public content can be viewed, reshared, downloaded, and even appear off Meta. Users should assume public posts may travel far beyond Facebook.

By posting content, you grant Meta a worldwide, sublicensable license to use, modify, distribute, and create derivatives. That gives Meta wide operational freedom to reuse what you upload while it remains on its systems.

Account or content deletion can take up to 90 days, plus another 90 days to remove copies from backups and disaster recovery systems. Some content can also be retained longer for legal, safety, or technical reasons.

Meta states it does not sell your personal data to advertisers and does not share directly identifying information without permission. That is better than a true data-selling model, though it still uses your data for ad targeting.

You can delete individual content, delete your account, and trash items begin a deletion process automatically after 30 days. The policy also says deleted items are removed from visibility while deletion is pending.

Facebook uses your personal data to show personalized ads and sponsored content, including across Meta products and sometimes off-platform. Even though Meta says it does not sell your personal data, your activity is still used for targeted advertising.

Meta can remove content, restrict features, suspend, disable, or delete accounts for serious or repeated violations, often in its discretion. Some review explanations may be withheld for safety, legal, or technical reasons.

Meta says you can download your information and, in some cases and subject to law, port it. This gives users at least some ability to take their data elsewhere.

For consumers, disputes are governed by the law of your country and may be brought in competent local courts. That is more user-friendly than forcing all users into a distant arbitration forum.

Meta says it will notify users at least 30 days before material Terms changes, unless the change is required by law. That gives users a chance to review updates before they take effect.