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Social Side-Effects Of Internet Use
venicebeach writes "The World Internet Project has released its third annual report on internet usage. It contains few surprises, but lots of interesing stats - for example the most experienced internet users spend an average of 15.8 hours online per week. CNN is running a story on the social findings - "New study shatters Internet 'geek' image." Apparently they are suprised to hear that internet users are more social than non-users: internet users watch less television, read more books and engage in more social activities."
That's more like my daily Internet use :-)
/.er is in?
I wonder what percentile the average
John.
Amateurs! I know people who are on for longer than 15.8 hours per day!
People say I'm crazy, I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes...
internet users watch less television, read more books and engage in more social activities.
Next week, we'll hear that it's recently been discovered that internet users simply lie for the purposes of polls and statistics more than non-users do, and those that don't lie outright simply know how to crack the World Internet Project's records and alter their annual reports to be more favorable to the 'net-bound...
"Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix"- Kieren O'Shaughnessy
The credibility of information published on the Internet also received a surprising boost.
Despite the existence of countless spoof Web sites and message boards that carry oddball political rants, more than half of Internet users surveyed said "most or all" of the information they find online is reliable and credible.
New medium, same gullibility.
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How is this a troll? I'd say it certainly qualifies as a "Social Side-Effect Of Internet Use".
do D&D sessions count as social gatherings, cuz if so then sure, this works.
"I only speak the truth"
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And considering the average family has 2.6 children i can't imagine how they have time for any of this nonsense, since I imagine the average medical bills to care for a 0.6 child must be astronomical, typically.
There are no karma whores, only moderation johns
It is if posting on slashdot counts as a social activity...
How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
Who is really going to answer 'I sit unwashed in a darkened room masturbating and hitting refresh entirely too often.'
P.S. Reading books is not a social activity. What exactly are these unspecified 'social activities?' Is posting to message boards considered 'social.'
"internet users watch less television,"
Download the episodes...
"read more books"
And/or lots of Linux docs...
"and engage in more social activities"
Do LAN Parties count?
Who doesn't like free music?
Unlike TV, you have to at least be able to READ to get much out of the Internet. :)
the most experienced internet users spend an average of 15.8 hours online per week
I read "offline" the first time. I thought it was an okay average...
And actualy, I think the it's the time we spend offline that socialy affects us. I mean, how can your friends contact you if you're not on MSN??
You are more than the sum of what you consume. Desire is not an occupation.
Yeah, I am in the same ball-park.
16hrs per day (sitting in front of a PC)
= 112hrs/week
I wonder if that includes all the remote boxes I have going at once.
4 SSH sessions to other servers running 24x7
2-3 ftp sessions d'loading shareware ~ 12 hrs/day
NewsBin D'loading newsgroups = 24x7
BitTorrent = 24x7 (x 3 computers)
email client is running 24x7
various coding and design stuff = 4hrs/day
All total I am responsible for 232Hrs/day of computer use. Man, I need a nap. =)
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato (427-347 BC)
...I learned to like people...
;-)
Do you have the URL for that HOWTO?
I've been trying for years to like people and it just seems tougher than finding a decent ATI driver for X11
John Bender: So it's social then. Pathetic and sad... but social.
Ahhh IRC - where men are men, women are men, and women under 18 are FBI agents. =P