11/09 Social Media

The World of Social Media

a. What exactly is networking? What’s the difference between networking and
social networking?
b. Which social networking sites / tools have you heard of? Which have you used?
Which would you recommend?
c. What is the relationship between social networking and face-to-face socialising?
d. Do you see social networking as something you do for work or for pleasure?
e. What can you do to get the most out of social networking for work?






Answers:

11% Population of the world with a Facebook account
130 Number of friends an average user has on Facebook
700 Number of minutes an average user spends on Facebook
510000 Number of posted comments every 60 seconds
293000 Number of status updates every 60 seconds
136000 Number of uploaded photos every 60 seconds
30 Billion Pieces of content shared each month
225000000 Number of Twitter users
150000000 Number of tweets sent a day
8900 Twitter record of posts per second
115 Number of followers an adverage user has
135000000 Number of users on LinkedIn
490000000 Number of Youtube visitors
92000000000 Number of page views on Youtube each month
35 Number of hours of video uploaded per minute
3500 Photos uploaded per second on Flickr
60% users admiting to using their device in the bathroom
5267365 Number of fans Ferrari has on Facebook
15864378 Number of followers lady Gaga has on Twitter
659070256 Number of time "Baby" has been viewed on Youtube