If you think that you spend a lot of time on Facebook, talk to someone from Singapore. Singapore has the highest average time spent on Facebook per session. If you're wondering where the US stands on the list: a mere fifth. Pathetic.
According to a study, Singaporean users spend an average of about 39 minutes every time they sign onto Facebook, compared to the United States' 21 minutes per session. While I'm pretty sure American teenagers use Facebook for much more than 21 minutes per session, it seems that Singapore has got us beat. Can it be that the US is not the procrastion-prone country that we all know?
This is unacceptable. If we want the US to be at the top of every list, we need to try harder. Stay on Facebook longer, and by the next time the study comes around, we can look proudly at the statistics, and know that we had a part in redeeming our country's position as having the best procrastinators in the world.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
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I remember reading from unSpun that claims about "studies" ought to be further investigated. Do you happen to know how the data were collected? If they were self-reported figures, there's a possibility that Americans, whether willingly or involuntarily, understated the daily amount of time they spend on Facebook per session (I know I tend to do this whenever asked questions concerning the subject). If Americans have busier schedules on average (and I say "if" because I don't want to be making assumptions about other countries), then it would make sense that they would underreport such values because their Facebooking would seem like a relatively small portion of their day. Also, just because Singapore has a higher average time spent on Facebook per session doesn't necessarily mean that they spend more time on Facebook; maybe Americans have more daily Facebook sessions on average and thereby spend more time on Facebook. I'm not saying that the US would suddenly spring to the #1 spot if these possible errors were fixed, but it's just my analysis of the situation.
Facebook is essentially there for networking; it's a place where you can contact basically anyone else (especially people you're not familiar with) without the awkward email or call. 21 minutes per session on average is already long enough.
So I think it's pretty great we're not on the top of that list. Kinda shows that we're not as lazy and our lives are not as pointless or pathetic as our counterparts in other countries because we're not wasting our lives away stalking other people or what not.
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