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Stack Exchange vs Zhihu

Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re very close.

Stack Exchange

A network of over 180 topic-specific question-and-answer communities, from programming and mathematics to cooking, travel and philosophy, where users ask and answer questions and earn reputation through voting.

Zhihu

Chinese-language social question-and-answer site where users ask questions, post answers and articles, and follow topics, with additional features such as live talks, paid knowledge content and online fiction.

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