sorry bounced the first one./.. included the report. my bad http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/198/report_display.asp Begin forwarded message:

From: Ed Lamoureux <ell@bumail.bradley.edu> Date: August 24, 2007 11:10:21 AM CDT To: Association of Internet Researchers <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Number of SNSs users are active in.

I can't produce evidence FOR a number, but can offer some against the notion of 5 . . . the January 07 Pew piece on teens and social networks doesn't even find 5 that are used by teens enough to report them: Over 1/2 of those surveyed (who have filled out an online profile) did so on myspace or facebook. And of the sites listed for those who used social networking sites, 85% used my space, 7 % facebook . . .

tough to figure another 3 sites that many use. HOWEVER . . . it's certainly possible that canter included flicker/ twitter . . . throw in one web blog . . . and maybe that's how he got there?

OR maybe he calls blogs social networks On Aug 24, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Emma Duke-Williams wrote:

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I've just been reading Wired's article about SNS for Students and Marc Canter was quoted as saying that the average user was active in 5 Social Networks. I wasn't entired sure if they meant "5 communities" or "5 websites", but, given that they then went on to list 5 sites, I guess it was the latter. (http://www.wired.com/software/webservices/news/2007/08/ student_networks )

I've found (I think!) Canter's blog ( http://marc.blogs.it/) but can't seem to find anything about the numbers of active networks.

I was rather surprised to read the 5, clearly the definition of "active" could vary, I'm sure my MySpace account that I signed up for ages ago doesn't count, but I wouldn't call myself active on Facebook either (login perhaps once a fortnight, don't actively add friends, delete requests from those I don't recognise etc).

I'm also assuming that he's not counting things like forums, which are, in effect, a community, but again, I could be wrong.

Does anyone else have any evidence (published or anecdotal) to support or otherwise Canter's claim?

Emma

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