Facebook has been used as an online dating platform and many people living far away from each other have attained specific closeness between them. There are real stories of people finding their true love on Facebook.Twitter on the other hand has been used to inform and to remain connected with each other through short messages.
Obviously, Facebook and Twitter have attained unprecedented popularity in masses, yet a few new surveys are showing the other side of the coin.
According to a new research, one in four young users of Facebook, Twitter and Youtube feel that these social networking sites are too boring for them and hence they are using them lesser day by day.
These young users feel that the superficiality of Youtube, Facebook and Twitter seems to be too heavy to bear.
On the other hand, the remaining 3 out of every four young users according to the research have suggested a strongly positive view about social media platforms. More than a third users of Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are more enthusiastic about social networking websites more than ever. One in four 18-29 year-olds told Gartner that their use of social media had declined since they signed up, with many citing boredom as their reason for the decline, reports the Telegraph .
By contrast, other consumers, however, reported that their enthusiasm was unabated, as 37 per cent claimed that they were actually using social media more than they had been in the past.
In all cases, however, researchers found that "despite the strong media focus on the phenomenon of social media, our respondents did not interact more than once a month (on average) with their favourite site".
The Gartner research also revealed that most users of all social media were 'passive', with looking at other users photographs the most popular occupation.
