The Quora Quotient

Quora is one of several highly-popular social media companies, including Groupon and LivingSocial, that is absolutely white-hot at the moment, and attracting a ton of user, media, and investor interest. But is all this interest translating into increases in user sign-ups, of which we count ourselves as one of them)? O.K., technically, we're not brand new to Quora, as we began using it several months ago, but we're still interested in this subject to see how Quora's subscriber growth mirrors that of other social media firms. And, by the way, you can follow us and check out are contributions on Quora by visiting here.

As it turns out, Quora is not just a social question-and-answer site where users just ask and respond to questions of all sorts. According to this study by KISSmetrics and Semil Shah, some subscribers vote on answers, while some users send private messages to other users based on similar interests and activities.

For a full rundown on how Quora users are utilizing the site, check out this cool infographic:

It will be interesting to monitor Quora's subscribe base and usage patterns over time to see how these metrics change...if at all. However, if the growth and usage arcs of other social media companies are any indicators, we can expect to see several significant changes in the next 6, 12, 18, and 24 months as the Web 3.0 world evolves.