Being an avid Facebook user, I thought this article was interesting for a number of reasons. It lists the gender differences in the willingness to disclose certain information such as political and religious views as well as relationship status. They findings suggest that men are more likely than women to post these views on their profile. Also, when it comes to to age, they found that college graduates are less likely to share their religious and political views as compared to aduts that are in college currently; this may be because they are entering their professions and would like to remain more private within their company.
As far as login frequency goes, this poll found that 78.8% of their respondents report that they log into Facebook on a daily basis; with the login rate for current students being much higher than past graduates. The difference between what current students and past graduates do on the site did not vary significantly; they are mainly posting status updates writing on their friends' walls and navigating to different sites through posted links. This research shows that women are more likely to post pictures on their profile than men and that men are more likely to share videos that relate to current events.
When it comes to creating an inviting other users to events, this proved not to be a very important feature that Faebook offers; only 32% of respondents said that they created events and there was not a difference in popularity between college students and college graduates. When they were created that were mainly for social gatherings with friends such as parties.
The graphs that they provided were helpful because it clearly laid out the differences answers that men and women had, also it showed the differences in education level and ethnicities as well.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46059952/Got-Facebook-Investigating-What-s-Social-About-Social-Media
Interesting blog, Stef, I really like how you pinpointed specific details and info about who uses Facebook more, as far as gender differences. Also, since you stated you are a big Facebook user, it is good you found this article interesting as well and it perhaps can make us Facebook users think why we do the kind of social networking we are involved in.
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