About 6.5 million Australians belong to an online social network, and more than two-thirds of Internet users looked at other people’s content on social networking sites during 2008 according to Nielsen Online’s latest consumer generated media report. The most popular sites are Facebook – which showed 32 percent growth in 2008, MySpace, which recorded a 2 percent gain and Flickr, which grew by 14 percent. Among those who blog, MySpace was the favored vehicle, with almost one-third of users preferring it over any other site. Twitter penetration remains low – 7 percent – and about half of Australian Twitterers have been using it only since October 2008. That said, it is gaining popularity: users ranged it as the most stimulating social media activity.

 

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