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When do you Tweet? When driving, at work or on vacation?
A recent Gadgetology study by consumer electronics shopping site, Retrevo.com found that most people check Facebook and Twitter a couple of times a day.
27% of respondents to the survey who are under 35 years of age however are checking Facebook more than 10 times a day.
The survey also found that that 36% of people under the age of 35 often use Facebook or Twitter after sex – men being more likely to do this than women – and iPhone users are three times more likely to do so than Blackberry owners.
The Retrevo.com Gadgetology study indicates that only 19% of the over 35 year olds use a phone as the preferred device for social media services with 81% preferring instead a desktop or laptop computer. However 46% of the under 35 year old survey respondents prefer to use a mobile devise to engage with social media..
Among the survey respondents under age 35, 27% of Facebook users check it more than 10 times a day compared to 39% of Twitter users checking in on Twitter more than 10 times a day.
When do you Tweet? And how addicted to Facebook and Twitter are you?
ABOUT THE RESEARCH
The Retrevo Gadgetology Report is an ongoing study of people and electronics from Retrevo, the consumer electronics shopping site.
The survey was an online study of individuals (non-Retrevo customers) conducted by an independent panel. The sample size was 771 distributed across gender, age, income and location in the United States.
Posted via web from Krishna De: Insights From Ireland On Digital Marketing, Social Media And Entrepreneurship
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October 15th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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October 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
As more and more people and businesses utilize facebook and twitter it will be used more, personally i think it depends on the person and reason of usage to be called an addiction.
October 18th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
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