Interesting Facts

According to The Wright Stuff 80% of people will use social media to find out more about potential partners. (What do they check? What you post about . . . the quality of the pictures . . . your grammar . . . your teeth and smile . . . and your clothing. According to a survey from Pew Research in 2013 it was just 41%.)

30th June Social Media Day Celebrate by sharing. 

The Social Media site Friends Reunited is closing down as it is unable to cover its costs. (It launched in 2000 and was extremely popular in the UK, with over 12 million members in 2005, almost 50% of UK internet users back then.  Sadly, since then, rivals like Facebook have ensured its demise.)

Allegedly, some Winter Olympic contestants are turning over their social media accounts to sponsors. (They are agreeing to quotas of postings on their Twitter and Facebook accounts, letting other people send commercial messages in their name. If you are shocked by this, you probably think that your favourite pop star / film star sits tweeting away all day. That said, it's not really the spirit of the Olympics, is it? I can promise you, this though.  This is me. Sitting at my keyboard with my fingers tapping the keys. Of course you only have my word for that, and I'll admit I feel a little jealous. I can't imagine having assistants.)

According to a study run by vouchercloud.com, 79% of office workers in the UK waste 4 hours and 22 minutes every day. (On average respondents believed that they actually did 2 hours and 53 minutes of productive work. The favourite pastimes that eat up "productive" time were:- 1.       Checking social media – 47% 2.       Reading news websites – 45% 3.       Discussing out of work activities with colleagues – 38% 4.       Making hot drinks – 31% 5.       Smoking breaks – 28% 6.       Texting /instant messaging – 27% 7.       Eating snacks – 25% 8.       Making food in office – 24% 9.       Making calls to partner/ friends- 24% 10.   Searching for new jobs – 19% Average time spent on each distraction: 1.       Checking social media – 44 minutes 2.       Reading news websites – 1 hour 5 minutes ...

According to a study by psychologist Ethan Kross from the University of Michigan, online social media is making us lonely, unhappy and unsociable. (The main problem seems to be when people passively glimpse into other people's lives with their idealized pictures of holidays, work, meals and family - seem to result in a more negative perception of our own lives and social interactions. So, I'm sorry if my recent holiday snaps made you feel miserable, and I'll admit I tend not to share the things that are less than rosey, but social media is like most things, it's all about how you use it.) Here is an interesting video:-