wraggster
February 26th, 2012, 00:07
AFP reports that a study by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project shows that women are more likely than men to delete friends (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gyfebNBSGsMQhmeRFIeRraeQUXFw?docId=CNG.7453e 80027294121b001455bf26f9292.171) from their online social networks like Facebook and tend to choose more restrictive privacy settings. Sixty-seven percent of women who maintain a social networking profile said they have deleted friends compared with 58 percent of men. The study also found that men are nearly twice as likely as women to have posted updates, comments, photos or videos that they later regret (http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Privacy_management_on_social_media_sites_02241 2.pdf) (PDF). "Even as social media users become more active curators of their profile, a small group of what might be described as trigger-happy users say they post updates, comments, photos, or videos that they later regret sharing."http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02/25/0111219/women-more-likely-to-unfriend-than-men