Social media is coming to get you!

A new study has revealed that 1 in 4 people like to spend more time socialising online than in person.

With the rise in popularity of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, more and more people are doing their socialising online as opposed to person to person.

In the survey it was reported that 26% of surveyed people say that their social lives are more active in cyberspace than in the ‘real’ world and 11% of them said they’d rather stay in over weekends – hmm – should we really be using the word ‘active’ in this sentence then?

With 11 different popular and dominant social networking sites presently in use it does seem easier than, say, getting dressed and walking to your local pub to talk to people over a pint. You can choose between Facebook, Skype, Twitter and Instant Messaging, none of which you need to brush your hair or teeth for – bonus! 

The survey stated that the average UK citizen will spend around 4.6 hours per week talking with friends online and 6 hours talking with friends in person, showing that the gap is closing in – those social networking sites are coming to get you... and then your dog. There was also the bad-ass bunch of 3% who spent 25 hours online!

This rapid change in communication styles could result in some equally rapid changes in language and how it is used – we could soon see the now seemingly normal abbreviated text and online dialect becoming part of our dictionaries! OMG!