Study: Social Networking Sites Overtake Porn As Internet's #1 Search

Reuters:

Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, dethroning pornography and highlighting a major change in how people communicate, according to a web guru.

Bill Tancer, a self-described "data geek", has analyzed information for over 10 million web users to conclude that we are, in fact, what we click, with Internet searches giving an up-to-date view of how society and people are changing.

Some of his findings are great trivia, such as the fact that elbows, belly button lint and ceiling fans are on the list of people's top fears alongside social intimacy and rejection.

Others give an indication of people's interests or emotions, with an annual spike in searches for anti-depression drugs around Thanksgiving time in the United States.

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Comments

[RhondaSTL]

Makes perfect sense. The only thing more popular than porn is blathering on and on about yourself without anyone being able to interrupt you. I'm not sure which I find more sad.

[InofTouch]

Spam on myspace is already porn

[GrainOSand]

Who needs two-dimensional sexual fantasy and voyeurism when with a few clicks you can hook up with the real thing? I read an article that suggested HDTV might be the end of porn because the imperfections of the actors will become more glaring or evident.

The world has changed, yet large sections of it remain horny.

[Danothebaldyheid]

'The world has changed, yet large sections of it remain horny.'
Hahaha - one of the truest things I've seen said in a long while....

[cnobody]

I liked that guy's response on the Maddow show yesterday when talking about how kids spend their time with myspace, "In my day, we MADE TIME for our internet porn."

[KillTheMessenger]

Are you kidding me?

What could be more pornographic than to tell/show the whole world on the web what you wouldn't even tell your own parents or your shrink?

Social networking is about as exhibitionist an activity as it comes. But unlike for showing your ... (insert your most aesthetic body part here), you won't even get paid for exposing yourself.

[andys0391]

It's a little bit in bad taste to use a PETA ad for the image of a story somewhat about porn. I'm not even a PETA supporter or fan, but that's just bad taste.

[Triangle1]

Online porn is so 2006. What else can they do that's legal? They've done it all. I have to admit, I've thought more than once that the ceiling fan over my bed could become dislodged and potentially cause a decapitation. It's good to know others have had the same thought. http://mespace.wordpress.com

[Budokan]

It's a sad day in America when porn can't be #1 on a search engine.

[politisophical]

impossible...

[lechatnoir]

As shady as Social Networking Sites are, I can't help but feel this is an improvement. Combined with the fact that 97 % of the kids (apparently, it's not just kids either) play video games, it could mean that we need to rethink some fundamentals of our education system.

[marymansour]

I thought Facebook and MySpace WERE porn!

[sociocanuck]

MySpace certainly can be...

[Alessan]

Social networking, talking to people you don't know about personal issues, is porn. Give me a
break, My space and Facebook, except during the elections are dating sites. Going out and meeting people in public places is real socializing.

[luvangelHussein330]

Why bother paying for porn when you can get it right on myspace and facebook?

[Forester]

my wife is so hot i got no need for the fake stuff.

[ezbreezer]

I AGREE !!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!