DISQUS

Mashable - The Social Media Guide: Women Rule the Social Web

  • Joe Perez · 2 months ago
    I'm wondering how/if they are allocating for spam accounts set up to target males by using female profiles - especially within the 21-25 swf demo.
  • kate_reuvers · 2 months ago
    This was my first thought as well. I get at least 10 requests on Twitter per week from spam female accounts.
  • Liz · 2 months ago
    Why do you term Digg a "holdout" as if, because the other sites have more women then men, they are less than friendly or less desirable social networks for men?

    Also, you ask for explanations on why more women are on these other sites as if the normal state of thing would be that they should have more men. To make an appropriate explanation, it would be important to see the gender distributions for these sites for different cultures/nations. Even if we could obtain these, you're still asking for generalizations that might vary quite a bit according to age or ethnicity.

    I also think the terms "matriarchy" and "patriarchy" to describe a higher percentage of one gender over another is overstating the case (which would probably be negligible with a 55/45 division) but I realize those aren't terms you chose, they were part of the study.
  • maco · 2 months ago
    Well, as a Digg user, I'm not going to argue with that "holdout" part. It's a place many other women I know won't venture because the comments are so sexist.
  • Holly Krystal · 2 months ago
    Well we do have the gift of gab...this should be a hint to all you marketers out there doing social marketing...no explanation needed if you know your marketing.
  • kiloace · 2 months ago
    lostmypassword to hotmail wroteitdown stillnotworkinyetgottagetanewonewhatdoyouthinkwhatyousay?
  • rantersparadise · 2 months ago
    That's a surprise actually....
  • dineshv · 2 months ago
    Yes this is really surprising.
  • Donovan · 2 months ago
    I think overall, there's less women that work outside of the home. More home time = more opportunity and desire to connect via social media. Many of my female friends are stay at home moms and many run businesses from home, like teaching piano lessons, selling art or crafts, some have consulting businesses, etc. Some men do too, but overall, most of my male friends work outside of the home.
  • Grant Robertson · 2 months ago
    I think this is a completely invalid hypothesis, and actually quite condescending. You're whole comment is akin to patting dedicated moms and even women entrepreneurs on the head and saying, "That's nice dear. Now run along, the men are busy running the world."
  • Chilli · 2 months ago
    Interestingly dubious extrapolation. Most of my friends own horses. Should I assume that the rest of the world is following suit? Further, your post seems to imply that working in the home means greater internet access. Not all homes are online, whereas most workplaces are. Finally, can you prove that more home-time automatically equates to a greater desire to be online? If so, why aren't all the OAPs online too?
  • Ayyash · 2 months ago
    yeah but... women at home mostly are home because of kids, they usually have much less time in general to spare on the net, unlike workers, who spend probably 5 mins of every hour on some sort of distraction (im being conservative)... but still, i could easily invalidate my own theory by saying there are more female employees in lower ranks than male employees, and the surge could be out of that rank, and again let me destroy this theory by saying, lucky employees are those connected online all time, and their companies dont impose proxys to block facebook and other social web... and let me destruct that theory by saying, people twit by phones nowadays! u know what? rabits have good sight, thats why they eat carrots! i personally think women just type faster... :)
  • Name · 2 months ago
    My friends who are stay-at-home moms post less because they are busy with kids! Try it sometime.
  • vita · 2 months ago
    which planet to you live on :)
  • maco · 2 months ago
    Actually, I recently saw an article that was celebrating "yay! women are finally 50% of the workforce!"
  • kb · 2 months ago
    ahahahaha AH are you male or female? As a healthy, energetic young woman of 23 to a healthy energetic woman of now 36, I have stayed home with my children. In the last year I have started a successful catering business. These 13 years have been the busiest time in my life more busy than even my pre-marriage pursuit of a nursing degree while working 3 jobs on the side. Their father however, has enjoyed 13 more years than I of going out for coffees, out for lunch, away on business trips etc...I have never heard of any mom/cook/launderer/chauffeur/organizer/cleaner/nurse/personal shopper/wife (as I like to call 'moms'), who has 'more opportunity' than any person working outside the home.
  • JoanVinallCox · 2 months ago
    Great info - but the term "chicks" is demeaning
  • JoanVinallCox · 2 months ago
    Love the info and graphics, but find the term "chicks" demeaning
  • Grant Robertson · 2 months ago
    Not to be dense but, why? It's certainly casual and familiar, but I don't get why it's demeaning. "Chicks" doesn't really have a negative connotation.

    Heck, we've referred to my niece (now in College.. yikes!) as "Chick" as a term of endearment since she was 7 or 8. I seriously (and I mean this non-sarcastically) hope we haven't been secretly diminishing her since childhood.
  • Chilli · 2 months ago
    It's a diminutive - likening an adult woman, however erudite, professional, successful, to a small, vulnerable, juvenile animal. Imagine calling an adult male 'pup' or something equally 'cute'. You only have to ask how many female diminutives there are (babe, kitten, petal, chick, etc.) and how few male diminutives exist. I actually can't think of any. The person using the term may simply think 'I'm expressing affection', but the person on the receiving end may feel that their accomplishments, responsibilities, profession, etc. are being disregarded or even mocked.
  • JoanVinallCox · 2 months ago
    Hi Grant - I see "chick" as a little fluffy thing, having very different connotations from terms used for males, and was delighted to see this article recognizing that - http://www.thestar.com/article/704200 However, a term of affection in a family is different and lovely :-)
  • Jillian C. York · 2 months ago
    Well gee, thanks tiger. I'm glad it doesn't bother your niece, but guess what? Us women would rather be referred to us women, not as tiny cute animals. It's a term of endearment...and terms of endearment are meant to be used by those close to us. My boyfriend calls me a "chick" or "muffin," fine. Not okay for a stranger.
  • brianworthing · 2 months ago
    I don't know, chick is a bit retro these days, but brings back fond memories of the 70s when womanising was acceptable.

    Anyway, surely chick is better than ho or bitches, which is what you hear so many kids using.
  • JoanVinallCox · 2 months ago
    Sure, better, but still not great.
  • Ayyash · 2 months ago
    oh God! i wish we just learn to call other women how we want our mothers referred to by strangers!
  • Jillian C. York · 2 months ago
    Just because it's better doesn't mean it's okay.
  • Freebiejeebies · 2 months ago
    quite understandable but no doubt a surprise !
  • adva · 2 months ago
    I'm not really surprised (though I haven't given the matter a thought before). I think that while it may be partly because women tend to be more social, as you mentioned, Donovan may also have a point - women tend more to be at home, either as stay-at-home-moms or as work-from-home-moms - but mainly, I think it's exactly because women usually have LESS free time than men. This leads to using less time-consuming social connection methods, and social media is a great one (along with text messages), unlike phone calls, for instance.
  • Name · 2 months ago
    Maybe women are more likely to create a second identity to spy on the man that hurt her... a womans scorn? Or a woman is more likely to create a new account after being harassed from all the male attention on the other. I know someone who has about 10 different persona's on a few social sites... she worries me o.0
  • Brendan · 2 months ago
    This is not very informatice without info on how much "content" a person generates. Passive and active use should also be taken into the equation.
  • Shell Gee · 2 months ago
    HA see all the single women flock to DIGG now ... chasing after the men of DIGG.... maybe there should be a calender? :)
    Kevin Rose centerfold?
  • Meg · 2 months ago
    That's assuming that the men on Digg are worth chasing after... unless you're into photoshopped bikini babes and Ron Paul, there's probably not much in the way of shared interests there. o_O
  • tjanderson · 2 months ago
    Is this the # of registered users, or % of content? how many female bots exist on myspace and twitter?
    I actually think that women talk (communicate in general) more than men. so this isn't surprising.
  • Shandra Jackson · 2 months ago
    Thanks, that is interesting
  • brianfalexander · 2 months ago
    That's interesting. I know I am the opposite. I am on like every social media platform available.
  • Lily · 2 months ago
    can you cross tab gender with age to see if there's an age differential? e.g. do teenage girls do more networking than same age boys? Also think Joe Perez has a good point re the spam accounts.
  • Grant Robertson · 2 months ago
    I actually think that the coolest bit of data in these data are that DeviantArt and LinkedIn make 50/50. That's rad, although I think the population distribution in the first world is more like 48/52 with women holding the majority.

    What's up with Bebo being so far off? If these stats are accurate, AOL really needs to look at what's going on there. That's a huge spike in a sea of other sites which are overall balanced at or near the gender spread of the population.
  • shira lazar · 2 months ago
    holla!!! there's also something to be said about our ability to multitask better than men. works in the social media world too!
  • mlgomezr · 2 months ago
    Well, what about blogs, because there are more men as bloggers, but we are there also.
  • DesertNana · 2 months ago
    Photography led me to flickr 3 yrs ago. Sharing a little more of my photofraphy led me to typepad
    and my Etsy Shop led me to everything else!
  • Ricardo · 2 months ago
    In fact men are more comfortable doing, than relating, in that women give show...
  • aero 26 · 2 months ago
    You'd never think dA was fairly EQUAL. I'd say the majority.
  • briansolis · 2 months ago
    Hey Pete, how about a shout out to the source of the data, as noted by InformationisBeautiful.net, "Thanks to data gathering by Brian Solis." http://bit.ly/fo11P - The data was compiled using Google Ad Planner plus other resources.
  • mashable · 2 months ago
    Will do. When u gonna write a guest post for us, btw? ;)
  • briansolis · 2 months ago
    Is that an invitation? :)
  • mashable · 2 months ago
    Of course!
  • Steve · 2 months ago
    A little surprised that more woman use Twitter. Are they sure these accounts are real or just men selling stuff with a female name and a half naked photo?
  • Mia Bostic · 2 months ago
    hmmm, that's an interesting observation. There are a LOT of fake women twitters, myspaces and facebooks soliciting sex.
  • Name · 2 months ago
    agree. :)
  • Thorson Beresford · 2 months ago
    Damn! Were being out numbered!!!!!! Men start Mass Production!!! :D
  • himynameisniel · 2 months ago
    LOL...
  • CoachRollie · 2 months ago
    Is it really a surprise?
  • Rochelle Belnavis · 2 months ago
    I'm glad I have just come across this. I have to discuss in a blog for my masters course if its difficult for women to break into the world of social media. Obviously its not, shown by the statistics above. I'm new to this whole social media thing, and have spent a few days trying to understand it.

    It doesn't surprise me that women rule the social web. The majority of their time is spent twittering celebrities and uploading drunken photos and stalking ex-boyfriends on facebook (I dont do that by the way. I do have a life). As for the Digg website, I can understand why more men are on it than women, its too technical for women to understand. I only browsed it for a few seconds and my mind went blank!
  • Trudy · 2 months ago
    This whole comment is a joke, right?
  • Rochelle Belnavis · 2 months ago
    No. I am sorry if I have offended you
  • nwjerseyliz · 2 months ago
    Just because there might be a majority of women who use a service does not mean they rule it. Although your perception of Twitter & Digg is rather bizarre. I think you need to spend more than a few days to try to understand it. In fact, erase your current views and start from scratch.
  • Rochelle Belnavis · 2 months ago
    I'm still trying to learn. Give me a chance!
  • Jillian C. York · 2 months ago
    If you're still trying to learn, then stop writing other people off, or no one will ever help you/
  • Chilli · 2 months ago
    Amateur troll, FTL.
  • Rochelle Belnavis · 2 months ago
    thanks?!
  • Guest · 2 months ago
    I'm a woman who uses Digg, so speak for yourself. And you're seriously a Master's level student? Clearly grad school isn't as competitive as I thought. If you really think most women spend their time twittering celebs, posting drunken photos, etc., that tells me two things. One, you're REALLY young. Two, you may think you have a life, but you appear to spend time with women who don't.
  • Rochelle Belnavis · 2 months ago
    I think your being harsh, as your not letting me and other people express their opinions. You can't just come on here and attack people like that. And yes I am a masters student wanting to learn more. Can you blame me for that, for wanting to furthur my education? What do you do?
    And I don't know if you have noticed, but I am a woman?! I know most women don't spend most of their time twittering celebs and posting drunken photos. That was a joke that hasn't gone down to well. I do have a life outside consisting of music, reading, writing etc. And I spend time with women, who are friends that go to university (and refuse to join twitter because they think its a waste of time) and my family who would rather cook than Digg. It seems you don't really have much going on in your life and only enjoy being negative.
  • Terry S. · 2 months ago
    This isn't really being written by a woman, is it? Really?
  • Lynn · 2 months ago
    Are you a woman????? Because your comments sound suspiciously like you are a man in disguise making stupid and offensive remarks about women. I do not do any of those things you seem to think women do when they get online. I run two online businesses, two blogs and many of my WOMEN friends and acquaintenances also do the same plus we all manage to learn to use social media for marketing and networking to grow our businesses. If you browsed Digg for only a few seconds and your mind went blank then I think you might be the one who only has the brain capacity to twitter celebreties and upload drunken photos. Not everyone is a juvenile delinquent out there.
  • Jillian C. York · 2 months ago
    TOO TECHNICAL FOR WOMEN TO UNDERSTAND?! Are you freaking kidding?

    a) Lots of women use the social web for professional reasons, as well as out of a desire to communicate with other people (perhaps they desire that more than men, who tend to need that socializing a bit less)

    b) Lots of women use Twitter to network professionally and personally.

    c) Lots of women upload photos of their children, or amateur (or professional!) artistic photography.

    d) Lots of women use Facebook to connect with old friends who may live too far away for them to visit.

    There's absolutely no need for your ridiculous value judgements.
  • Ryan Lalonde · 2 months ago
    It's not a surprise to me, seeing as most women join every social network they find and post their pictures. Some call is "cam whoring".
  • Guest · 2 months ago
    "Most" women? NONE of the women I know do this! Where do some of you people live? The world's largest sorority house?
  • Ryan Lalonde · 2 months ago
    I didn't mean naked pictures I meant "MySpace" pictures. They just want to show their pictures to everyone and make tons of new friends online.
  • megantron · 2 months ago
    I think we all know where livejournal would fall lol
  • Trudy · 2 months ago
    Interesting how many people post comments here just to insult women. How new and creative on their part. I've never seen that on a comment board before.
  • Balqan · 2 months ago
    Alexa.com gives different numbers. I'm also wondering is this global or U.S. only data?
  • Michael Heraghty · 2 months ago
    Research conducted in June showed that, while there are more females using Twitter, men get more followers: http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/06/new...
  • pieprincess · 2 months ago
    It doesn't surprise me, as women tend to be better at relationships and social media is the perfect place to connect, communicate and engage. Most women not all (because I know men you want all your word space.) take more words to communicate than men.
  • mamaof3boys · 2 months ago
    Doesn't this just promote the stereotype that we talk too much?
  • TaiChi Charlie · 2 months ago
    Great to see gender equality. What about the transgendered? Oh wait few sites give choice . are these genders assigned by nature or choice? The question begs an answer.
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  • tweep · 2 months ago
    I would like to know more about how "Google Ad Planner" collects these data. I do not see where, in either my Twitter profile or Facebook profile, that gender is recorded. How would anybody REALLY know whether I were male or female? I would be very cautious about drawing sweeping conclusions from data that is probably not very solid. Social networks are very interesting phenomena, but we need some real science here.
  • polopolo21 · 2 months ago
    womem do not rule in the open source movement. quite the opposite, they are even less represented there than in CS in general...

    maybe, they know better! :-)
  • antonymity · 2 months ago
    well no shit women rule the social sites... how many spam accounts do you see offering you free access to male sites or male videos? none. this data is cluttered with spam garbage. sift out all of the porn spam first, then do the report.
  • plasticmadness · 2 months ago
    I'm surprised there aren't more women at flickr. I think despite the fact that ladies prevail, the percentages are balanced (at least until it gets to friendfeed).
  • sandya · 2 months ago
    Women historically have kept extended families alive and connected, at least in the US. They plan the Thanksgiving dinners and keep tabs on the next generation. Now they are staying in touch with one another even more, and with even more women, via social media. Men (and women, but men still have more of the top jobs, the ones where reputation really matters) in businesses not related to technology may be being told: be careful out there. Don't post photos Don't get in trouble if you want to keep your job. At least this is how things are in my extended family.
  • Derylianti · 2 months ago
    hahhahhahahaha so boys.. what do ya think??
  • brianworthing · 2 months ago
    I think it might be because men spend a little too much time on 'other' types of websites if you know what I mean..nudge nudge, wink wink!
  • Jacqueline · 2 months ago
    Well, I know for me - I am a homemaker who doesn't work outside the home. Online is where I meet up with other people, make friends, share stuff, hear about stuff. I am on twitter, facebook, myspace, and gather. Enjoy them all!
  • lizgebhardt · 2 months ago
    It's interesting data - but having "the most" number of accounts is a far cry from women "ruling" social media. If you were writing about the Harvard study just discussed at last weeks journalism event at Google, where the data was shared that women are RT'ed 50% less than men, you would not write the same headline. But actually neither piece of interesting data is enough to draw such a sweeping conclusion.
  • missrogue · 2 months ago
    I'm not surprised at all. According to this research by the Boston Consulting Group (http://www.womenwantmorethebook.com/ - Awesome book BTW...really enjoying it), women are more educated, involved and (at least the ones under 30 in urban areas) are earning more than men these days. Quite often statistics show that the college educated, urban youth are dominating the social networks. On the other hand, research from the Harvard Business School (http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/06/new...) shows that though there are more women on Twitter, men have more followers (and both men and women are more likely to follow men). So volume does not equal "ruling" any medium (yet).

    As for the curious comment about women having more free time on their hands, the study finds the exact opposite:

    "As we write this, the number of working women in the United States is about to surpass the number of working men."

    and

    "(Women) have too many demands on their time and constantly juggle conflicting priorities - work, home and family. Few companies have responded to their need for time-saving solutions or for products and services designed specifically for them."

    Perhaps the readers' assumption is the same unfortunate stereotype that leads men and women to following more men on twitter? We should stop assuming that women have less to say about anything beyond raising children and shopping, because someday very soon the world WILL be controlled by the female majority according to the BCG research. ;)
  • chillax.cx · 2 months ago
    and how many fake accounts are set to female? 95%?
  • Guest · 2 months ago
    This article hit close to home. Despite the fact that more women participate in social media, there exists a profound “good old boys” club in the tech sector. Men who are not secure in their masculinity have great difficulty accepting tech advice from female aficionados. Some of the men I’ve met on Twitter have gone as far as emoting hostility towards women who have displayed I.Q .s above double digits. A case in point, I tweeted that the Dalia Lama’s account was fraudulent exactly 4 minutes prior to your announcement. As a result, I was dragged through the mud and castigated.

    On an unconscious level, the mass majority become distressed when their expectations of gender roles, schemas, are blurred. So, chicks rule, if and only if, we blather about non-tech topics.

    Moreover, if a woman is even remotely semi-attractive, both men and women want (desperately) to believe that she cannot possibly be tech savvy.

    Lesson learned from personal experience: women should be seen and not heard, notwithstanding that the year is 2009.
  • Nong · 2 months ago
    This article hit close to home. Despite the fact that more women participate in social media, there exists a profound “good old boys” club in the tech sector. Men who are not secure in their masculinity have great difficulty accepting tech advice from female aficionados. Some of the men I’ve met on Twitter have gone as far as emoting hostility towards women who have displayed I.Q .s above double digits. A case in point, I tweeted that the Dalia Lama’s account was fraudulent exactly 4 minutes prior to your announcement. As a result, I was dragged through the mud and castigated.

    On an unconscious level, the mass majority become distressed when their expectations of gender roles, schemas, are blurred. So, chicks rule, if and only if, we blather about non-tech topics.

    Moreover, if a woman is even remotely semi-attractive, both men and women want (desperately) to believe that she cannot possibly be tech savvy.

    Lesson learned from personal experience: women should be seen and not heard, notwithstanding that the year is 2009. /sarcasm
  • Jerry Zambrano · 2 months ago
    It's true. Some men have actually impersonated women online to solidify their social/political/media stances. Not talkin' about the "never know who's behind the computer", but a nom de plume.

    And YESSSS on DIGG.

    J.
  • Alex · 2 months ago
    Women are social climbers. They base their success in life solely on their social success.
  • barbaraannlevy · 2 months ago
    It's the difference between estrogen and testoterone! Men have that killer instinct and well we just don't have it. Women relate, men dictate. No doubt this will spark debate or a flame war!
  • Altinkum · 2 months ago
    The survey is like saying how long is a piece of string?

    You don't know for a fact that the profile is indeed female / male in real life. You also have no background on them to establish why the results are like they are. so the survey stops there. Bit useless really.
  • zoehill · 2 months ago
    I think women rule the web on social networks because they like talking so much! We are naturally gossips and naturally talk! So its only natural there will be more of us on social networks - we are also naturally nosey! Im surprised there arent more site just for women - I use one called www.moanaboutmen.com - its great for girlie chat - very down to earth and makes you feel normal! I hope women and social networking continues to grow!
  • sourabhacharya · 2 months ago
    think so ...
  • cutepup · 2 months ago
    "condescending", "dubious extrapolation", ""chicks" is demeaning".....Some of you need to get a life and stop being soooo "sensitive" and petty.
    Most men could care less what you call them. You "chicks" need to get over yourselves.
  • Helen · 2 months ago
    Yay to that! ;) Not surprised though.
  • jgkeating · 2 months ago
    You go girls!
  • Ashish · 2 months ago
    I think this data is based on number of registered users. I would like to hear what the ratio is like when it comes to activity. I know many who create accounts just because they think it is cool and then forget it.
  • babota · 2 months ago
    As for Twitter, even though women account for 55% of all accounts, men are the leaders - tweets from men are more widely read, and men have 15% more followers than women. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-truth-about-...
  • nwaz · 2 months ago
    I rule my home with care and dedication to make sure all at home are happy and secure ,then for any other tasks i need to give just time , passion and the strength from home makes me rule again....
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  • Guest · 2 months ago
    am tired ( at least for this week) in being in a “chicks are better seminars” and now this site which I purposely hit by accident. I grew up in a home where there was abuse by my father where I did not feel life threats and it did not happen as often as some other cases. I am no expert but I have my stories. I never saw the problem of family abuse as a male thing but a power thing. My dad was abusive but his sister was worse. The only thing that separated their differences was the one was a man and bigger and was was a woman and smaller. This new movement about chicks are better is to me another bloody abuse by people who have more power then me. I am classified as a male who is less than a woman. When I was young boy my father said to me that my friend Mario was a son worth having not me. So one day I responded by saying that his dad was worth having as a dad and not him. So he beat the hell out of me. I promised God that would never provoke and abuse my child and especially a woman in consideration to my mother. I promised that I would never make any one feel less than they are. Now I live in a post modern world where a man driven woman movement is trying to make all men and feel less than we are. Shame on those who have power and claim all kind of stories and yet they neglect that all human problems are because of some intention and backed up by power. This is what I call the will and the way.
  • Amy.A.Youwantme · 2 months ago
    Yeah, that sounds about right. Women do talk more than most men. I guess it makes sense that they rule the social networking sites. Oh, and whoever got offended by the term "chicks": Put on your big girl pants, take a deep breath, and suck it up. Find a better cause than picking everything apart that you read trying to find something that offends you. There's precious little that can offend a woman that is strong and comfortable with herself.
  • John LoFranco · 2 months ago
    This information comes as being quite surprising. It could simply mean women choose to use social media platforms to keep in touch more than men. While using Digg might be used for data or news gathering for men. It is fairly difficult to draw a conclusion to what might incline women to be more actively involved within the social web.
  • Ricardo · 2 months ago
    Hi Amy,
    I agree, is really sure, I think women communicate better than men, men may require prior centuries of training up to get close to women in this field. here in Brazil we have a term "suck this manga" Manga is a fruit originating in India and fibrous with big seed!
    By the term "chicks" It is not something man who is offended by so little!
    Big hug,
  • Jillian C. York · 2 months ago
    This is pretty easy. It's not a case of "women have more time on their hands." Given the sheer number of women with young children who have a strong presence on the Internet, it probably has something to do with them parenting at home, in isolation, and using the Internet to communicate with people outside. Add that group to the number of women who use mobile technology, who work on computers all day, and who are retired, and you've got...a lot of women using the Web!
  • Ricardo · 2 months ago
    I see the other angle, I refer to three-day work to which women are exposed and not us men,in Brazil 47% of the labor market is now entered by women els study longer than men, on the other hand we are forgetting the new phenomenon, which many women have become the "man of the house" for leave to work and their husbands are unemployed or staying play the role of "housewives" sorry but nothing against the work of home, so I think these facts balance the scales.
  • Mel · 2 months ago
    They outnumber men, they do not "rule". This is an intentional misrepresentation of the survey results in order to create conflict where none exists to get more readers. Poor journalism.
  • Lydia Barry Kutko · 2 months ago
    Another way to look at this is to investigate how Digg engages men. Knowing this, you can get more of an understanding why women flock to other social media sites.
  • English Dubbed Anime · 2 months ago
    I never knew there were so many females online. In my MMO years, 90% of the gamers were male, so. =P
  • Name · 2 months ago
    chicks? matriarchy? patriarchy? tough words, these silly numbers must have upset you, poor one
  • videost · 2 months ago
  • Adalia John · 2 months ago
    Great article. Being a female entrepreneur, I am thrilled and delighted that women are taking social media by storm. Yes, women are more social and in general they have always been more comfortable being transparent about personal and intimate issues - they are now doing on line what they have been doing off line - sharing and making themselves vulnerable.
  • Gail Grannum · 2 months ago
    Social Media is a great match for women’s ability to communicate and build relationships. Also, the internet allows women to share valuable insights, interests and contributions when it is convenient to our busy schedules. We bring a lot to the table and this environment is great for all types of women, moms, retirees, with or without families.
  • appleiphonefree · 1 month ago
    Quite surprising... Was sure men ruled the social web...
  • appleiphonefree · 1 month ago
    surprise for me, i thaught more men on the web in general ment more social then women..
  • SayBlade · 1 month ago
    Gentlemen and dudes M.I.A.
  • AppleiPhone · 1 month ago
    haha u learn something new everyday
  • marksansom · 1 day ago
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