2014 Schedule
Interactive: March 7–11  •  Film: March 7–15  •  Music: March 11–16

Building a Community Without Memes, Porn, Cat Pics

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Keeping user-created content quality high is challenging as a community grows, but Quora has managed to do it while riding significant growth. Come hear and learn from Marc Bodnick, who leads the business and community teams at Quora, on how to keep online conversations informative, engaging, fun, and, yes, civil. If you are a community moderator, learn about strategies for site governance. For anyone who is interested in learning how one of their favorite communities is moderated, here is your chance to peek under the hood.

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Marc Bodnick

Operations

Quora

Marc Bodnick oversees product marketing, site governance, community, and business operations at Quora. Prior to joining Quora in January 2011, Bodnick spent 15 years in the investing business. From 2004-2010, he was a co-founder and Managing Director at Elevation Partners, where he served on the board of directors at Yelp and Bioware Pandemic. Previously, he worked at Silver Lake and The Blackstone Group. Bodnick earned his bachelor’s degree in government at Harvard University and his master’s degree in political science at Stanford University.

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