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China's crowded social media space

China's crowded social media space

China's crowded social media space

China's crowded social media space

China's crowded social media space

China's crowded social media space

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(CNN) -- Go to any provincial city in China -- small hayseed towns where the population barely nudges three million people -- and you'd be forgiven for thinking the national youth pastimes, after smoking, are online gaming and flirting.

"I like the personality tests and I like chatting with people, but I haven't been brave enough to meet anyone yet," says Nolan Lee from Guiyang in China's central Guizhou province.

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Growth in the more established social media platforms has slowed here, while newer mobile-based apps are gaining ground, according to the latest research into Irish social networking habits.

Ipsos MRBIs quarterly survey of 1,000 Irish adults aged 15 and over has shown that while just 22% of people use photo-messaging app Snapchat, it is second only to Facebook in terms of the proportion of users who use the medium on a daily basis.

Facebook remains the social networking platform with the most account holders in the country, with 61% of people having an account. This is followed by Twitter (29%), LinkedIn, Google Plus (both 24%), and Instagram (18%).

Skype is the largest social messaging medium in Ireland, with half of adults having an account. It is followed by Viber (40%), Facebook Messenger (39%), Whatsapp (31%), and Snapchat (22%).

However, the survey shows that while just over one in five Irish people have a Snapchat account, it has recorded a higher growth in the number of users than any other medium since Ipsos MRBI first recorded its usage last November.

In November 2013, just 13% of Irish people had a Snapchat account, which has since increased to 22%.

Snapchats growth is bolstered by the frequency with which it is used 63% check the app every day. This daily usage rate compares favourably to Twitter (38%), LinkedIn (13%), and Skype (7%). Nearly half of Whatsapp users avail of the service on a daily basis.

Communications consultant Damien Mulley said the results show that Facebook, which also owns Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram, remains the dominant player in the social media market.

However, Mr Mulley said the slow growth of older social networks that were originally accessed via desktops compared to the more mobile-friendly newer entrants to the market suggests that social networking traffic is now predominantly mobile-driven.

He said he is now advising clients to engage with Snapchat to build up a following as its users are a lucrative market of people aged under 30 with discretionary income.

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Slowdown in growth of social media sites

Are you a 1-percenter who needs a safe social media outlet to talk about your first-world problems, without the risk of alienating your commoner friends? Now you have an alternative to the impoverished unwashed masses of Facebook. Enter Netropolitan.club, an exclusive digital country club -- essentially, Facebook for rich people.

For a cool $9,000 first-year membership fee (and $3,000 a year every year after that), high-rollers can crowdsource names for their yachts or complain about having to fly commercial to a like-minded, sympathetic audience. Netropolitan is billing itself as the worlds most exclusive online community, one that will allow affluent and accomplished individuals worldwide to socialize in a completely private and secure manner. With the hefty subscription prices, Netropolitan can afford to be ad-free. And the posts will be moderated by the company's own "professional moderators." Businesses will be able to create groups and advertise to each other, albeit under strict guidelines, according to Netropolitan's information site.

Netropolitan was created by James Touchi-Peters, a composer, performer and former conductor of the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra. Michelle Lawless from Media Minefield, Netropolitans PR firm, told the Los Angeles TimesNetropolitan was inspired by the discomfort Touchi-Peters and his friends felt when they talked about certain topics that could be construed as bragging on traditional social networking sites, where they were met with a little ill will. But Netropolitan, she explained, is designed to be the place to talk about your last European vacation or new car without the backlash.

Unlike the young and the rich on Instagram (as chronicled on Rich Kids of Instagram, a tumblr that aggregates their shameless bragging on the photo sharing app) the rich of Netropolitan.club will be far more discreet -- limiting their sharing to their peer group.

Perhaps the Wall Street Journals recently lampooned video explaining how you can make $400,000 a year and still feel broke" would have been better suited for Netropolitan.club.

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Netropolitan: Social Networking For Rich People

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We leave in a world where everything seems to be looking forward to the Internet for interactions, networking, learning, and business, among others. The teens are not out of the trend as the Internet connectivity through smart phones, tablets and Personal Computers have become a part of their lifestyle and daily lives.

The number of young adults, who spend quality time online, continues to be on the increase, hence the need to educate our young ones on the use of the Internet. Therefore, the teaching of social networking etiquette should be a priority, as is with sex education and computer literacy.

It is an unquestionable reality that we are in the digital age, and it is no surprise that most teens operate and familiarise themselves with gadgets faster than most adults do. This, in itself, is not bad, but we all do know there are two sides to a coin. A teens activity on the Internet could be either of a positive or of a negative end, and it all depends on its usage.

Statistics from socialbakers.com shows the age distribution of social media users in Nigeria (Sept. 2013);

There are quite a number of things the Internet could be used for which has both positive and negative sides to it, but with the right orientation the Internet cum social media could be put to a more productive use. I will be mentioning just a few which are;

There are still a number of precautions that could be taken to limit the vices, through a conscious effort by parent/ guardians and the teens alike.

Guide to using the Internet/Social Media

Parental Advice

Before your children attain teenage or young adulthood you owe them the responsibility of forming a bond with them, a relationship that makes them see you as a very important part of their lives; not just as a provider for their basic needs, but as a key part of their spiritual and social lives. In search of feeling in the void of a parental hollow, most teens turn to social networking and the Internet.

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