AP-CNBC went out and polled 1,004 people and sixty percent of them had a Facebook page. They are still using Facebook even after over half of the participants in the poll said they “have little nor no faith in the company to protect their privacy”
Only 21 percent of people not currently on Facebook claimed they aren’t not joining because of privacy issues. Another 21 percent of the people not currently part of the social network Facebook say they just “dislike it”
So what it comes down to is this… The majority of people who (voluntarily) put all their personal information into the site for people to see say they do not trust Facebook with the personal information. Weird isn’t it? I know I am guilty of this same thinking and i’m sure most of you reading this article is too. Facebook would perhaps worry about it’s upcoming IPO if 59 percent of the U.S. users quit the social network. The numbers show that won’t happen anytime soon.
This is what I mean:
56 percent of Americans say they have a Facebook page which is up from last year’s USA Today poll which was at 48 percent.
- Around 3 in 10 say they use Facebook every day.
- Younger adults are the biggest users, with a third (32 percent) of those under age 35 saying they visit Facebook multiple times a day. Most in this age group (55 percent) report using Facebook daily.
- In the senior citizens category, 73 percent do not have a Facebook page, and 47 percent of baby boomers say they don’t have one either.
- Only 13 percent say they trust Facebook completely or a lot to keep their personal information private.
- A large percentage (59 percent) say they have little or no faith in Facebook to protect their privacy.
Among those who do not have a Facebook page, 35 percent said they simply lack interest in it or would just rather spend their time doing other activities.
- 22 percent avoid it because they think it’s inappropriate, a bad thing, or not for people their age.
- Another 21 percent said they are not on Facebook because of computer issues; the same percentage of people opt out due to privacy concerns.
- Demographic breakdowns of those who do not use Facebook are very similar to the results to those who have Facebook accounts.
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