Facebook paper Launched Facebook Facts Revealed on pewresearch

Facebook turns 10 tomorrow and reaches that milestone as the dominant social networking platform, used by 57% of all adults and 73% of all those ages 12-17.  Adult Facebook use is intensifying: 64% of Facebook users visit the site on a daily basis, up from 51% of users who were daily users in 2010. Among teens, the total number of users remains high, according to Pew Research Center surveys, and they are not abandoning the site. But focus group interviews suggest that teens’ relationship with Facebook is complicated and may be evolving.

New Pew Research Center survey findings show how people are using Facebook and what they like and dislike about the site.

1Some users dislike certain aspects of Facebook, but fear of missing out on social activities (or “FOMO”) isn’t one of them.

Their dislikes start with oversharing by friends and people posting one’s personal information (such as photos) without first asking permission are among the most common. Parents are especially protective of images of their children, as 57% of Facebook users with children under the age of 18 say that people posting pictures of their children without asking permission first is something they strongly dislike about using Facebook.

On the other hand, the “fear of missing out” phenomenon resonates with only a small proportion of the Facebook population. Just 5% of Facebook users strongly dislike the fact that Facebook allows them to see others taking part in social activities that they themselves were not included in—and 84% of users say that this aspect of Facebook life doesn’t bother them at all.

2Women and men often have varying reasons for why they use Facebook – but everything starts with sharing and laughs.

Users say they especially appreciate photos and videos from friends (47% say that’s a major reason they use the site), the ability to share with many people at once (46% cite that as a major reason), updates from others (39% cite that), and humorous content (39%). Other aspects of Facebook—such as keeping up with news, or receiving support from the people in one’s network—appeal to a more modest audience of users. Men and women sometimes vary in their reasons for using the site.

3Half of all adult Facebook users have more than 200 friends in their network.
Facebook users differ greatly when it comes to the number of friends in their networks:

• 39% of adult Facebook users have between 1 and 100 Facebook friends
• 23% have 101-250 friends
• 20% have 251-500 friends
• 15% have more than 500 friends

Among adult Facebook users, the average (mean) number of friends is 338, and the median (midpoint) number of friends is 200. In other words, half of all Facebook users have more than 200 friends, and half have less than 200.

Younger users tend to have significantly larger friend networks than older users: 27% of 18-29 year old Facebook users have more than 500 friends in their network, while 72% of users age 65+ have 100 friends or fewer.

412% of Facebook users say that someone has asked them to “unfriend” a person in their network.
Younger users are more likely to have experienced this than older users: 19% of 18-29 year old Facebook users have had someone ask them to remove a friend from their network (compared with 10% of 30-49 year olds, 7% of 50-64 year olds, and 5% of those 65 and older).

These “friend removal” requests tend to come primarily from other friends (35%), or from current (23%) or former (12%) spouses or romantic partners. Some 38% of those who received this type of request say that they were asked to remove a friend from their Facebook network, while 22% were asked to unfriend a former romantic partner.

5Facebook users “like” their friends’ content and comment on photos relatively frequently, but most don’t change their own status that often.
When asked about the frequency with which they engage in certain behaviors on the site, Facebook users tend to point towards “liking” content that others have posted and commenting on photos as the activities they engage in most often. On the other hand, most users change or update their own status only occasionally:

• 44% of Facebook users “like” content posted by their friends at least once a day, with 29% doing so several times per day.
• 31% comment on other people’s photos on a daily basis, with 15% doing so several times per day.
• 19% send private Facebook messages to their friends on a daily basis, with 10% sending these messages multiple times per day.
• 10% change or update their own status on Facebook on a daily basis, with 4% updating their status several times per day. Some 25% of Facebook users say that they never change or update their own Facebook status.

6Half of internet users who do not use Facebook themselves live with someone who does.
Many non-Facebook users still have some familiarity with the site through family members. Among internet users who do not use Facebook themselves, 52% say that someone else in their household has a Facebook account. In many instances, these may be parents who do not use Facebook but live with a child who does. Fully 66% of parents with a child living at home who do not use Facebook themselves say that someone in their household has a Facebook account.

In addition, some 24% of Facebook non-adopters who live with an account holder say that they look at photos or posts on that person’s account.

Pew survey revealed Facebook users' likes and dislikes

Could you be annoying your Facebook friends?

Maybe, if you post photos of your friends' kids without permission, or if you share "too much information" about yourself, according to a survey released by Pew Research Centre ahead of Facebook's 10th anniversary Tuesday.

Among Facebook users with children, 57 per cent say people posting pictures of their children without their permission is something they "strongly dislike" about those who use the popular social networking service.

The telephone survey of 960 adult Facebook users, drawn from a sample of 1,801, people was conducted last August to September by Princeton Survey Research Associates. The margin of error is calculated to be plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Other things that Facebook users strongly dislike are:

• People sharing too much information about themselves (36 per cent)
• Others posting pictures of you or things about you without asking permission (36 per cent).
• Other people seeing posts or comments you didn't mean for them to see (27 per cent).

(CBC News)

A smaller percentage of users said they strongly disliked certain kinds of social pressure on FB  — like being pressured to share too much, to post content that will generate comments and to comment on things posted by others.

In the case of users who post "too much" information, Aaron Smith, a senior researcher with the Pew Centre said it wasn't clear whether it was the type of information posted or the frequency of posting that bothered their friends, but he suggested it was likely some combination.

A previous survey had found that about a fifth of users had either "unfriended" or blocked posts from at least one of their Facebook friends because of politically related posts.

Posts about social activities don't annoy

Smith said he was most surprised that very few people — only five per cent —  were annoyed by posts about social activities they weren't included in, given that there has been a lot of discussion about that phenomenon in the press.

Women and men tended to like Facebook for similar reasons, although women were more likely to cite the reasons as being "major."

• The top reason cited by women for using Facebook was to see photos or videos, listed by 54 per cent (39 per cent of men).
• The top reason cited by men was the ability to share with many people at once, listed by 42 per cent (50 per cent of women.)
• Men and women were equally interested in using Facebook to receive updates and comments on what's going on in the news.
• Another big difference was that women say an important reason for using Facebook was to receive support from others in their network (29 per cent, compared to 16 per cent of men.)

Daily use grows

Overall, the survey found that adults are using Facebook more — roughly 57 per cent of U.S. adults use the service and, of those, 64 per cent use it daily, up from 51 per cent in 2010.

Some of the other findings of the survey were that:

• The average Facebook user has 338 friends and the median number of friends was 200.
• 44 per cent of users "like" content and 31 per cent comment on photos posted by their friends at least once a day.
• Only 10 per cent change their status daily and 25 per cent say they never change or update their status.
• 12 per cent of Facebook users have been asked by a friend (35 per cent) or current (23 per cent) or former (12 per cent) spouse or romantic partner to unfriend someone else. This was especially prevalent among users under 30.

FIFA.com the only legitimate source to buy tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Ticket sales for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ have already reached record-breaking heights during the first two sales phases. In the light of the enormous demand, FIFA is more than ever committed to ensure that football fans from all four corners of the world are given a fair and equitable opportunity to purchase tickets for this footballing spectacle.
For fans across the world, the only source of official and guaranteed tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ is via www.FIFA.com. No other websites or parties have any rights to legitimately sell tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Other websites offering tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup are not legitimate sales channels. Resellers operating or offering tickets are doing so in violation of the terms and conditions of the tickets and in contravention of the applicable laws of Brazil.
What is more, such companies are offering tickets which they do not even have as these will not be printed before April 2014.
Buying from unauthorised sources poses numerous risks
Purchases from unauthorised sources present numerous risks to the consumers. They may end up paying more than the face price on the tickets, or receive tickets that are in different locations to the ones they actually purchased.
As experiences from previous FIFA World Cups also demonstrate, it is likely that consumers who purchase from unauthorised resellers will receive tickets that are counterfeit or invalid, or they may not receive any tickets at all, or may receive them too late to attend the match or confidently travel to attend the match.  
Combatting the scourge
FIFA, through MATCH Services and its enforcement department, is taking strong action. MATCH Services is the entity appointed by FIFA to manage the sale and distribution of all tickets to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and is also responsible for conducting and overseeing FIFA’s Ticketing Enforcement Programme via its dedicated MATCH Enforcement Team.
To combat this global problem, FIFA and MATCH Enforcement use legal, operational and educational strategies and are working very closely with numerous governmental authorities and crime enforcement authorities worldwide, including also consumer protection authorities. The MATCH Enforcement Team has already targeted hundreds of entities worldwide.
All fans wishing to travel to Brazil should be aware of the importance of buying authentic tickets through authorized sources, and buying FIFA-approved hospitality packages, especially given the often conflicting messages communicated by unauthorised operators.
FIFA therefore confirms that:
- www.FIFA.com is the only online source for legitimate tickets.
- Only FIFA’s commercial affiliates are entitled to run ticket promotions – fans can find the list of all sponsors on www.FIFA.com/Marketing
- There are NO tickets packages including travels available as there is no official Tour Operator Programme
- MATCH Hospitality is the only entity which can offer guaranteed match tickets coupled with stadium hospitality benefits. MATCH Hospitality has appointed sales agents. For a list of sales agents, please refer to www.FIFA.com.
- Unofficial ticket offerings are extremely likely to involve tickets which originate from unauthorised sources.
- Tickets which originate from unauthorised sources are not valid and may very well result in the bearer not being permitted entry into 2014 FIFA World Cup matches.

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WORLDWIDE SELFIE: Cosmonauts finally get ISS cameras working

source: RegisterDotCOUk
A second spacewalk to install new high and medium definition cameras on the International Space Station appears to have been successful, despite reports that one camera's data link was experiencing problems.
Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy stepped out to complete a camera installation job that was left unfinished during their last space stroll at the end of December.
The Expedition 38 commander and flight engineer were in the middle of setting up the cameras, which were provided by Canadian firm UrtheCast in a deal with the Russian space agency, but had to temporarily abandon the project when the cameras didn't send any data.
This time round, the high-def camera transmitted no problem, but the medium resolution camera was still having telemetry issues, according to the live online broadcast of the spacewalk. However, UrtheCast said in a statement today that both Earth-imaging cameras were working.
"Contrary to the online broadcast of the installation, the telemetry was received by Mission Control Central near Moscow," the firm said. "During the installation, we were able to complete all of the intended tests during the spacewalk. At this time, all telemetry received and analysed is within our expected results."
The cameras are supposed to be providing Earth views to internet-based subscribers from their perches on the Zvezda service module, in a service billed as "the first Ultra HD video platform of Earth, streamed in near realtime".
UrtheCast expects to take around three months to calibrate the cameras and get the system up and running for customers who might want the feeds, like those in the environmental or agricultural field.

Toddlers love selfies: Parenting in an iPhone age

source: BostonDotCom 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every so often, Brandi Koskie finds dozens of photos of her 3-year-old daughter, Paisley, on her iPhone — but they aren’t ones Koskie has taken.

‘‘There'll be 90 pictures, sideways, of the corner of her eye, her eyebrow,’’ said Koskie, who lives in Wichita, Kan. ‘‘She’s just tapping her way right into my phone.’’

The hidden photos, all shot by Paisley, illustrate a phenomenon familiar to many parents in today’s tech-savvy world: Toddlers love selfies. Observant entrepreneurs have caught on to these image-obsessed tots, marketing special apps that make taking photos super-easy for little fingers. You can even buy a pillow with a smartphone pocket so toddlers can take selfies during a diaper change.

But toddlers aren’t the only ones taking photos nonstop. It’s not unusual for doting parents to snap thousands of digital photos by the time their child is 2. Today’s toddlers think nothing of finding their own biopic stored in a device barely bigger than a deck of cards.

While the barrage of images may keep distant grandparents happy, it’s not yet clear how such a steady diet of self-affirming navel-gazing will affect members of the first truly ‘‘smartphone generation.’’ Tot-centric snapshots can help build a healthy self-image and boost childhood memories when handled correctly, but shooting too many photos or videos and playing them back instantly for a demanding toddler could backfire, said Deborah Best, a professor of cognitive developmental psychology at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The instant gratification that smartphones provide today’s toddlers is ‘‘going to be hard to overcome,’’ she said. ‘‘They like things immediately, and they like it short and quick. It’s going to have an impact on kids’ ability to wait for gratification. I can’t see that it won't.’’

Julie Young, a Boston-based behavioral analyst, has seen that firsthand. She was recently helping her 3-year-old son record a short birthday video for his cousin on her iPhone when he stopped mid-sentence, lunged for her phone and shouted, ‘‘Mom, can I see it?’’

‘‘It’s caught on the end of the video. He couldn’t even wait to get the last sentence out,’’ said Young, who has two sons. ‘‘The second the phone comes out, they stop, they look and they attack.’’

Now Young and her husband make their sons wait to look at a new video or photo until after dinner or until the other parent comes home, when everyone can watch together. They are careful to sit with their kids when looking at photos and have adopted the phrase ‘‘practice patience’’ as a family mantra.

It’s natural for toddlers to be fascinated with their own image (think mirrors), and that interest plays an important developmental role as they develop a sense of self, child development experts say. Watching a video again and again can also help move events from short- to long-term memory, Best said.

But like any other fun thing kids get obsessed with, too much of it can be bad. Parents should make sure some photos show the child with other family members or friends. Parents can also sit with kids and narrate the photo or video as if it were a bedtime story.

‘‘When we read a book to a child, it’s the same thing we do with these photos,’’ Best said.

Koskie has noticed that cuddling in bed on a lazy Saturday morning and swiping through digital photos is one of Paisley’s favorite activities, and it seems to encourage her to ask about her place in the world. They look at photos and videos together on the iPad going back to Paisley’s birth and ‘‘she'll start to ask questions: ‘When I was a little tiny baby did I do this? Did I do that?'’’

Paisley and the iPad are almost the same age: She was born two weeks after it came out. ‘‘That’s a base-level, foundation technology for her,’’ said Koskie, who handles marketing and content strategy for the email app EvoMail. ‘‘Someday it’s all going to come back to bite me or she’s going to come back and say, ‘Wow, there’s this whole encyclopedia of my whole life.’ We’re very plugged in, for better or for worse.’’

Still, parents who remember the days before iPhones wonder if their children will ever really understand the power of a cherished photograph. Jason Michael, a 32-year-old father of two in Denver, has taken so many photos of his 11-month-old son and 4-year-old stepdaughter (about 4,000) that his iPhone’s memory has filled up three times. His stepdaughter takes plenty of selfies and loves to film herself singing favorite songs, then watches the videos again and again.

selfie youtube

some of selfie youtube videos are here.
just make selfie word of the year again......