Here are some interesting statistics from a December 12, 2005 Business Week cover story on the “MySpace Generation” —<\/p>\n
The percentage share of 24 million U.S. teens ( age 12 – 17 ) who do the following:<\/p>\n
Use the internet: 87%
\nInstant message ( IM ) : 65%
\nGo online everday: 44%
\nKeep several IM conversations going at once: 29%
\nHave more than 50 “buddies” on their regular IM list: 29%
\nIM people in the same room: 25%<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWith the growth and advance of networked people; search engine technology; blogs; online people searches; online public record locators and social networks like Friendster, MySpace and FaceBook, people will become easier and easier to locate, even as existing public record laws become stricter.<\/p>\n
Mix a little vanity along with the ease of publishing online biographies, resumes, pictures and other personal information and you now have more options than ever for finding a person on the web without the use of paid professionals and fee-based databases.<\/p>\n
You can read more about the “MySpace Generation” in Business Week @ The MySpace Generation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here are some interesting statistics from a December 12, 2005 Business Week cover story on the “MySpace Generation” — The percentage share of 24 million U.S. teens ( age 12 – 17 ) who do the following: Use the internet: 87% Instant message ( IM ) : 65% Go online everday: 44% Keep several IM […]<\/p>\n