US-based Center for the Digital Future
US-based Center for the Digital Future has uncovered the astonishing figures concerning internet users. The analysis done by the group says that the 43% of internet users take their online friends as real as real world ones. The users have realistic approach for their virtual society. The survey also says that the net users have made an average of 4.6 online friends this year.
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Jeffrey Cole, director of the centre commenting on the sixth report says that "More than the net is becoming the necessity of the community around the world and they are sensing internet as the powerful personal and social tool to communicate with others.
The survey also found that 40% net-users are exploiting the net to just stay in contact with their online friends while 37.7% users said they were using net to communicate with their friends and family. Moreover three-quarter of American community is net users which spend at least 8.9 hours online in a week and first time no of women net users has become equal to the no of men users this year.
The tendency is giving rise to the virtual world that already exists as Second Life created by Linden Lab. Being the vital source of communication net is showing new developments every day and more and more BB connections are driving the real world community towards virtual life that not only gives you a chance to pour your creations in virtual world but a chance to make virtual friends as well as money. As recently disclosed Second Life got its first millionaire as Anshe Chung who describes the Second Life as never forgettable experience.
So online community is going to emerge as the major requirement amid all net users either as a convenient way to communicate or as Second Life, the 3D virtual world.
Via: bbc
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