Gay people ‘more likely to join Facebook and Twitter’
Gay people are significantly more likely to be members of social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter, research indicates.
Nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) of gay men and lesbians have a profile on Facebook, as against 65 per cent of heterosexuals, reports The Telegraph.
Homosexuals are almost twice as likely as straight people to have an account on Twitter, with 29 per cent claiming to use the micro-blogging website. The figure for straight people is just 15 per cent.
MySpace and Linkedin, the business contacts website, also have a disproportionate number of gay members, the research indicates.
Their survey of 2,400 Americans also found that gays are more likely to read blogs than their straight counterparts – 54 per cent compared to 40 per cent.
Posted by Rob Coe on July 14th, 2010 at 3:40pm
