Should Amazon Buy the USPS? According to a discussion among Quora users, No. An anonymous poster asked this question on social networking site, and more than a dozen people have shared their opinions on the subject. Most commenters think that it is a bad idea. Here are some of their reasons why:

Marc Bodnick writes: “Wow – no way. Would be a massive distraction trying to integrate, fix, and privatize the Post Office. Amazon has so many growth opportunities and so many things going for it; it’s really unimaginable that they would think it a good use of management time to work on a project like this.”

Venkatesh Rao writes: “A public postal service is sort of like an Internet for Atoms. It should remain a commons for the same reasons that Net Neutrality (modulo various complicated technical considerations and confusions and de facto non-neutralities) is a good philosophical goal.” Read more

Quora users have been discussing the success of the Kindle Fire and the general consensus is that it is a success. In response to the question, “Has the Kindle Fire been a success?,” five respondents replied to the thread.

Why is Amazon so innovative? According to Quora users, it has to do with leadership and customer service. On the Q&A social networking site one user posed the question, “What allows Amazon to be so innovative?,” and others chimed in to help answer.

Jason Crawford, a former Amazon employee, responded with a few reasons including “visionary leadership” and “customer focus.” He wrote: “Jeff Bezos built an online retailer before most people knew what the Internet was. He was talking about what he called the ‘machine-to-machine Web’ before the term ‘web services’ was even coined.” and “Amazon is driven by serving customers and creating value for them, not by beating competitors or by winning any piece of some pre-existing market. This helps keep them focused on a consistent strategy and prevents them from wasting resources on me-too or copycat products.” Read more