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wow, i didnt think it was that big a deal
wow, i didnt think it was that big a deal
May I spam said forum?
It's not that big of deal. If it was, I'd say to take it downI just said to ask me when you are going to use our name/logo.
I joined the group.
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007
Facebook: More Popular Than Porn
By Bill Tancer
When I wrote last week's column comparing the social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook, I included a line after my signature stating that I had only 124 friends on Facebook, and urged readers to add me as their friends. As of today I have 261 new Facebook friends, the majority of which are Generation Y college students.
I turned to Hitwise data to find out more about them. By examining which websites social-network users visit after logging into their profiles, we can gain a bit of insight into how sites like Facebook fit into their members' daily online lives. The data showed that after other social networks, the most clicked-on category of sites was search engines, with 11.6% of all downstream visits. Web-based e-mail services were next with 8.5%. Blogs came in third in popularity at 6.1%, claiming more than four times the number of visits to traditional news sites, which logged 1.5% of downstream visits.
Perhaps a more interesting — and more accurate — way to figure out where college students are going online is to assess which of the 172 web categories tracked by Hitwise get the most hits from 18- to 24-year-olds. Here's a shocker: Porn is not No. 1. I've actually been puzzled by the decrease in visits to the Adult Entertainment category over the last two years. Visits to porn sites have dropped from 16.9% of all site visits in the U.S. in October 2005 to 11.9% as of last week, a 33% decline. Currently, for web users over the age of 25, Adult Entertainment still ranks high in popularity, coming in second, after search engines. Not so for 18- to 24-year-olds, for whom social networks rank first, followed by search engines, then web-based e-mail — with porn sites lagging behind in fourth. If you chart the rate of visits to social-networking sites against those to adult sites over the last two years, there appears to be a strong negative correlation (i.e., visits to social networks go up as visits to adult sites go down). It's a leap to say there's a real correlation there, but if there is one, then I'd bet it has everything to do with Gen Y's changing habits: they're too busy chatting with friends to look at online skin. Imagine.
This reshaped online landscape leaves me feeling old and out of the loop. It seems that social-networking sites have not only usurped porn in popularity, but they've also gobbled up time Gen Y-ers used to spend on traditional e-mail and IM. When you can reach all of your friends through Facebook or MySpace, there's little reason to spend time in your old-school inbox. So, if social networking is becoming e-mail 2.0, then perhaps Microsoft's recent $240 million dollar payout for such a small stake in Facebook isn't that ridiculous.
The reality is that Facebook isn't just for kids. Last week — and this was a highlight — my dad, who just turned 75, added me as a friend on Facebook. I considered sending him a virtual beer to celebrate the occasion, but I didn't think either of us would see the point. Back in my day, we drank beers out of bottles and cans — we didn't have these new-fangled virtual beers. But, then again, I think that's something I probably still have in common with the younger generation, something I don't need Hitwise data to back up: the love of a good old-fashioned beer.
Let the messages roll in.
Bill Tancer is general manger of global research at Hitwise
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* http://www.time.com/time/business/ar...678586,00.html
Awesome!
My pastor is on my space.
he must have heard of all the possibilites there are in picking up 13 year old boys over it.Awesome!
My pastor is on my space.
That is why I don't tell you guys anything.
You're not a pretzel, so why are you so twisted?
I've never had and never will have a myspace.
Myspace Is Lame!!!
More people would probably think you're a perv if you had a myspace than applaud you for having one.
Speaking of myspace and NBA players, i looked up Kevin Martin and I got this.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...did=1000338706
Is it just me, or does that really look like him? The back of the head, hes 24 years old... wtf? and it says he's gay.
i even sent him a message and asked if it was him..and what do you know, he didn't in reply. i hope this is fake.
I highly doubt it. His profile says he's from Okinawa.Speaking of myspace and NBA players, i looked up Kevin Martin and I got this.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...did=1000338706
Is it just me, or does that really look like him? The back of the head, hes 24 years old... wtf? and it says he's gay.
i even sent him a message and asked if it was him..and what do you know, he didn't in reply. i hope this is fake.
Dont get your hopes up.
I have a myspace, just not too eager in using one. It gets old every once in a while.
Why does anyone over 25 have a myspace unless they use it to promote their business?
To hook up with old high school friends?
Who are probably dead
Wtf do you mean don't get your hopes up? for him being gay?I highly doubt it. His profile says he's from Okinawa.
Dont get your hopes up.
I have a myspace, just not too eager in using one. It gets old every once in a while.
Oh please....
It's probably just a poser, or a dude that looks like him..that has the same name...
To me, My Space is a nice combination/ twist on e-mail and a message board.
I've met a lot of nice people through my space. Uros, for example.
I know a lot of parents who use it to keep in touch with their adult children who have moved away from home. They also find people who are doing the same that they've lost touch with and/or work with. I've done a lot recently.
Anyone on this board who says myspace is stupid might be a tad bit hypocritical.
I used to be skeptical about Myspace. But then my sisters created pages for themselves, and they live far from me, so it's nice to be able to take a look at their pages and see what they're up to.
It's not that bad. Plus you get to put up stupid pictures of yourself.
I would be concerned if the only way I could keep touch with my child was through myspace.
I just think it is people's attempt to make themselves into a public figure when they aren't.
I finally joined LinkedIn after getting so many invites from clients. So, if y'all have it, you can add me.
How? I don't have my picture on here or any personal information. I don't talk about what is going on with me personally for all the world to read, as if they would care or need to know. I have never acted as if the people here are my cyber-friends, for whatever that is worth. That is the whole fun of it. I get to be whoever I want to be.
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