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Social Side-Effects Of Internet Use

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the vice-versa-too dept.

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."

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  1. f post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    think i got it propz to the 209 crew

  2. Increase my killing power, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's do it.

  3. Abhi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It certainly turned Abhi into a loser

    FP of Washington University on teh spoke!!!!111ONE

  4. Just Wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...till we get a colony on Venus. HEADLINE: STUDIES INDICATE THAT CITIZENS OF THE VENUS COLONY APLHA-1 SPEND, ON AVERAGE, 15 TIMES AS MUCH TIME ONLINE AS EARTHLINGS.

  5. Re:I PLAY STAR WARS GALAXIE IN TEH NUDE!!~1` by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    STAR WARS GALAXIE, what's it all about? Is it cool, or is it whack?

  6. domain name game heats up, again? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the self-proclaimed king of .coms just garnered himself 1.3mm for men.com.

    no billyonerror softwar gangsters' ransom, but a tidy sum, when you consider it only cost the 'king' 15k in 1997?

    not everybody can/wants to be, sum kind of phonIE corepirate nazi felon payper liesense stock markup FraUD?

    lookout bullow.

  7. GODDAMN WAR CRIMINAL BUSH IS SPEAKING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    He's talking on BBC right now.

    I'm too goddamn stoned and drunk to comprehend...

  8. Re:"Book-reading" social activity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Normally I curl up with a book and a fat joint for the night, is this healthy social behaviour?! Oh fuck off, who cares...

  9. Re:Baloney by StarManta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let me see what Net usage looks like for owners of different cars, and then let's argue about what these statistics mean.

    Okay, here's a good first nugget for you: I have a '90 Toyota Camry, light blue, desperately in need of a car wash.
    I spend very nearly every waking moment I'm not in class online - most days, that's upwards of 14 hours.
    I think what you were hoping for is that better car = more internet? I think I've single-handedly demolished that claim... oh wait, there's more. Of the first 4 friends of mine to pop into my head:
    1) '91 Camry, spends all of his free time online, probably about 8 hours a day
    2) No car, spends all his free time online.
    3) No car, spends all his free time online.
    4) No car, spends about 5 hours a day online.

    Now what point WERE you trying to make?

    --
    StarManta
    I don't think BMW has ever complained about their 2% marketshare. Neither has Apple.