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Loading ...My online experience “growing up” on the Internet has always been majority women. Maybe not on Usenet, but surely on ArtsWire, The Meta Network, Brainstorms, and the Well.
“If there’s one demographic that’s embraced social networking and the larger idea of community, it’s women, and women of all ages. Nothing quite captures that like the growth in traffic for sites like iVillage and Glam Media, which were quick to latch onto these trends. Indeed, traffic to women’s sites was up 39 percent in June 2007 compared to the same month the year before, according to comScore. That’s huge growth. Traffic to all sites grew just 3 percent from June to June.” Via Media Life Magazine
These destinations are so-called online virtual communities. Yes, social networks. Social networks have always been appealing to women, especially in a modern American society that tends to isolate its women in marriages, who are older, or who are alone.
Filed under: Online Communities, Online Virtual Communities, Social Network Services, Social Networks, Virtual Communities
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