What are some different philosophies with respect to how much time to spend on Quora’s home page, as opposed to browsing, searching, and using other techniques to find content on the site?

What are some different philosophies with respect to how much time to spend on Quora’s home page, as opposed to browsing, searching, and using other techniques to find content on the site?

IMHO, Quora search does not work very well; it does not search in answers at all.  However, coming in laterally via Google search and Google Alerts expands your possibilities exponentially [1].

[1] http://www.google.com/search?q=site:quora.com+Marcus-Endicott