Internet Users Are More Social Than Non-Users

FePe writes "The UCLA World Internet Project has concluded from a study that Internet users spend more time on social activites than non-users. Many other interesting facts can be seen on the page. For example, in the United States 73.1 percent of men use the Internet compared to 69 percent of woman." Also interesting is how net users watch less television than their offline counterparts. Update: 01/16 03:46 GMT by M : Yep, pretty much the same story as yesterday. To be fair, Cowboyneal did say it was news to him. :)

Comments

'course!

[pumpknhd]

What are they thinking? That we just sit around and read /. all day?

Why is this a shock?

[BoldAC]

Like we come here for the articles?!?!

We all come here to socialize and share ideas.

Yes, even the trolls.

This is social.

Sure I go out with friends and family several times per week... but this is a form of socialization as well.

We all need a little geek "fix" every once in a while.

No shock here.

AC

Just a quick question

[Anonymous Coward]

If slashdot "subscribers" get to see the stuff before the fact, why not let them vote a story a dupe BEFORE it's posted to the site?

I mean, it could just be a delay of 30 seconds for each vote until a certain threshold is reached, but christ! It's almost as bad as the trolls sometimes.

My .02

~ Eric

all geeks use the internet

[the_2nd_coming]

(geeks are internet users)=> (internet users are super social) => (geeks are the most internet savy) => (Geeks are Socialite GODS)

more social or more desperate?

[cribb]

Obvious computer Geek walks into local mall wearing a t-shirt, and after getting lost and fighting a bit with himself decides to actually talk to the shop assistant:
Hi, where's the computer dept
Assistant:
Third floor, on your right
Geek:
Oh, do you know if they sell Netgear LN-234STs over there?
Assistant:
Sorry, you should ask the computer dept. people about that
Geek looks at assistant's t-shirt:
Do you know that thinkgeek sell a t-shirt just like this one, with "all your base are belong to us" written on it

Assistant looks at Geek and walks away as fast as possible.

Geek goes to the computer dept. and immediately finds other geeks talking about the new iPod, joins in in their conversation, and together they flood the assistant with questions about the technical specs of all the mp3 players around, and keep trying to persuade him that the iRivers are better because they are firmware upgradeable to support OGG/Vorbis.

A few days later, assistant fill in poll about computer users, and in the Comments section fills in:

They ask a lot of questions, talk way too much, and never buy anything. and what's with this "Does it run on linux" question, what is Linux in the first place?

A few days later slashdot story appears, claiming that geeks are more communicative than other people.