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Majority of Web Users Have No Idea What Social-Networking Is

by Tim Stevens on September 6, 2008 at 05:30 PM

Everyone knows what Facebook and MySpace are, right? Facebook just hit 100-million users, and MySpace hit that mark more than two years ago. Mix in all the other various social networks out there and you surely have billions of people, right? How is it that only 42-percent of people know what a social network is?

Marketing firm eMarketer asked 13,000 people in 17 countries whether they knew what a social network was, and 58-percent did not, while only 26-percent indicated they belonged to one.

Perhaps even more interesting is the fact that, of those who had accounts, over a third indicated they were bored with them. Who can blame them? Whether it's MySpace spam friend requests or the constant inundation by Facebook's deluge of chainmail-like applications, being in a virtual network seems like even more work than being in a real one sometimes. [From: Valleywag]

Tags: facebook, myspace, social networking, SocialNetworking, surveys

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sweetchuckdSep 6th 2008 5:37PM

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Have you seen this? A website predicts it will surpass Google's traffic within six months!

http://detentionslip.org/2008/09/detentionsliporg-reaches-milestone.html

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HopeSep 8th 2008 1:17AM

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Facebook and MySpace started off with good intentions. But then
these sites themselves turned into garbage sites - hackers stealing
ID, spammers sending out spam, bullies threatening kids, pedophiles
lurking in the shadows, etc., etc. People do know about these sites
but anyone with a computer already deals with spams so who has the
time to deal with the same old garbage of spams on these networking
sites ??????? Of course, the younger generation doesn't think with
their brains - they think it is ok to post detailed personal
information even after repeated warnings from law enforcements,
experts, etc., etc. Yet these same idiots when they are hurt, lose
money or someone bullies them in cyberspace act hurt and can't
believe this is happening to do them. Nothing is safe or secure in
cyberspace - once something is posted it will live on in cyberspace
for eternity. So why in the world would people with common sense
like to be involved with these so called networking sites that are
nothing but spam/junk sites in disguise ?????