On Brad Feld's blog, there's a guest post where undergrads at the University of Michigan (booo I'm a State fan), were asked about their social networking habits:
Of 300 some odd polled, only 2 didn't use facebook, one of which was 37. Even that surprises me... all my friends who were 'facebook holdouts' have now joined due to the rise in the 'events' usage my senior year.
2 used twitter, 10 used MySpace and 20 used flickr.
Reverse the flickr and MySpace numbers and that'd be my friends. MySpace still has a huge music following, and everyone I know who has musical talent has their own MySpace music page. I only know one person who has a twitter account though.
My thoughts: facebook is king...though many I know are actually getting sick of applications, many (including myself) have all sort of application 'invites' that are unopened...one friend's profile I saw must have 60 unopened application invites.
What SUPRISES me is the lack of MySpace usage in that group. Many my age don't use MySpace only because Facebook came onto our radar at the same time. I assumed that as the MySpace generation moved into collegem Facebook's usage would actually drop a bit, and that many would simply maintain two profiles. At least at U of M, looks like I was wrong.
The biggest result of his survey, to me, is the fact that students all claimed they'd seen little or no advertising. The little skyscraper ad to the left of the profile is typically overlooked, simply because there's already so much information on the page to take in. A developer I met spent $80 on targeted local flyers trying to get some information from students...he didn't get a single response.
I'm sure Microsoft knew this when they inked the deal...I'm assuming it was just the start of something bigger.
Dude, I've waited for this. It's great to see you back into blogging Brent. And congrats on all your progress with Athleon.
Posted by: Brian | October 30, 2007 at 04:20 AM