I know this social networking blog is early but you should see this!
Total # of Canadians that are on Facebook : 16 908 380 (Ranked 13th against all other countries – As of October 2011)
Total % of Canadian population that are on Facebook : 50.08% (Ranked 17th against all other countries - As of October 2011)
Total of Facebook users as of September 2011 : 800 Million
Country with highest # of Facebook users : USA - 155 981 460 people (As of October 2011)
Country with lowest # of Facebook users : Vatican City - 20 people (As of October 2011)
Canadian average # of Facebook friends: 190 friends
Global average # of Facebook friends: 130 friends
Average amount of time Canadians spend on Facebook each month: 400 minutes
Daily active Facebook users in Canada : 9 Million
Minimum legal age for Facebook users : 13 years (I wonder what the average under age is?)
Fastest growing Facebook user demographic : women 55 years +
Number of photos uploaded to Facebook daily : 250 Million (as of October 2011)
Found at: http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/facebook-follies.html on November 1, 2012
Did you watch “Facebook Follies” on Doc Zone with Ann-Marie MacDonald? It is in the archives now but it was posted on November 1, 2012 or on TV at 9:00pm tonight. I helped be decide not to use Facebook. I had signed up but have been lazy, reluctant, ??? at getting it going. Now, after watching this documentary about social media, I will not engage in Facebook further. It is “the cyber-crime” place on the computer. I decided I will not be a part of this.
Go to CBC-TV to find this on Doc Zone.
It is one thing to share with others but the potential of what you do on Facebook has too far reaching problems whether you are naughty or nice on it.
Alternatively, I want to still set up a Web page to blog on mostly about my art.
Excellent post! I watched the first half of this documentary last night, and taped the rest to finish watching this weekend. Some astounding stats there! Its unbelievable how popular facebook has become in the last 5 years!!!
ReplyDeleteI would caution anyone to be wary of what they put on facebook, but facebook is not the only place where "cyber-crime" takes place...it happens all over the internet, even in blogs, websites, email, skype, google plus!
Its not the tool that gets blamed, it should be the users, as why would you post photos on facebook that are obviously inappropriate? In the case of the Ray Lam, an aspiring young politician, he made the mistake, not facebook. He should never have published those photos, ever, online, facebook, blog, or anywhere.
So, I think that facebook is an easy target here, but not using facebook will not make you any safer on the internet. Abstience is not an effective strategy.
Learning safe usage, practicing what you preach, not publishing anything you wouldn't want your mom to see, etc, those are strategies to teach and to utilize, no matter what tool/website you use.
Great topic and glad to see you get passionate about it to share with your readers and audience.
Aaron