23 Feb
Facebook flu infecting youngsters
The social ‘epidemic’ that is signing up to the likes of Facebook and MySpace is most likely to hit young people, analyst firm Point Topic said today.
More than two thirds (70 per cent) of 18 to 24-year-olds with internet access at home said they log on to sites such as MySpace, Bebo or Facebook regularly, while just 6 per cent of over-65s do the same, Point Topic’s latest Consumer Survey shows.
“Social networking swept through the internet-using population like flu during 2006-2007, but like any epidemic, it shows signs of falling back once all the most vulnerable targets have been infected,” Tim Johnson, chief analyst at Point Topic, said.
Wide spread
tech.co.uk