I was surfing my one of my parenting forums today, because that’s what I do. I have several sites that I check daily. I may not post as often on them, but I do check them. One of the women posted this link to this You Tube video about Social Media.
That statistics that they gave were quite amazing. I use most of these sites/applications daily, but I never really thought about the number of people that do. My parents are just starting to see the trend also. My mom and dad kept asking me to teach them. It’s quite frustrating, as my mom can barely use her e-mail. I’ve tried, but they just don’t get it.
This is a part of my daily life. The people and sites that I connect with online, are just as much as a part of my real life as my co-workers, family, and neighbors. I actually like some of my online connections better. I have genuine bonds with these people through my computer and Blackberry. I have even taken the time to meet some of them.
My husband does not use social media as much as I do. Yet, he’s in a pretty technical business. I think one of the main factors is that he doesn’t have a smart phone, which was his own decision. But yet, once again, I got the plea at dinner last night.
The video I posted above was done by the people from Socialnomics, a Social Media Blog. I have never visited this site before. I will be bookmarking and subscribing to it now.
Here are some of the Social Media statistics that they posted on their site.
*Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web
*If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest between the United States and Indonesia
*Ashton Kutcher and Ellen Degeneres have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Ireland, Norway and Panama
*54% = Number of bloggers who post content or tweet daily
*78% of consumers trust peer recommendations
*24 of the 25 largest newspapers are experiencing record declines in circulation because we no longer search for the news, the news finds us
And if you don’t know what Social Media is? You do. Because you are reading this blog right now, which is a part of Social Media.
