Would Quora be better if there were a filter to reject questions that are trivially answered via a Google search?

Consider the thoughtful responses in Is it bad to ask questions on Quora that could easily be answered via a Google search?

And the headline response by Adam D’Angelo and Charlie Cheever, Quora cofounders:

Adam D’Angelo’s answer to Why do some people ask questions on Quora that could easily be answered by using a search engine?

Charlie Cheever’s answer to Why do some people ask questions on Quora that could easily be answered by using a search engine?

I think their vision of Quora acting as a cache for Google is… well, ambitious. Insane. Counterproductive, even.

But that’s their vision for the company until we’re told otherwise; so for them, Quora would not be better. (And you’re not a stakeholder, OP.)