Comments on: Only 33% of Us Trust Our “Online” Friends; Barely More Than Trust in Banner Ads!

By: George

George — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:39:06 +0000

Hi, Social networking helps people to share information and seek feedbacks from experts. Definitely this would help in informed decision making. Just see the positive side.. George's last blog post..Benefits of Sending Bulk SMS

By: schuessler

schuessler — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:31:18 +0000

I agree with luci. It depends on the definition of friends.

By: James Barley

James Barley — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:53:50 +0000

It’s all a matter of context and semantics like the rest say. In both online and offline environments.

By: Marta Turek

Marta Turek — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:44:38 +0000

For such low levels of trust among online friends, people certainly share a lot of personal and potentially harmful information with their 'online friends'. Strange how people may consider the trust factor in purchase decisions but not when broadcasting the date + destination of their next vacation! Marta Turek's last blog post..Guarantees in SEO - 100% Hocus Pocus?

By: My Article Network

My Article Network — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:51:26 +0000

yeah! true i agree with you andy, i really prefer doing business with my online firends only, coz i know them, how they work, how reliable are they, how good the product is.. etc. coz now a days in iternet it is really difficult to trus someone who is new, coz we have new internet meaketers coming up…

By: Offline, Online Friends and Trust. « Social Media Marketing, Thoughts, Facts & Data

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:08 +0000

[...] and Trust. Filed under: Uncategorized — ecairn @ 6:34 pm Today I stumbled on this post, where we find out that we don’t trust much our online friends. It’s just a survey and [...]

By: Luci

Luci — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:25:11 +0000

I think it definitely depends on how you define a friend, in both online and offline terms. For example, a lot of my “online friends” are actually more like “online acquaintances” I have never met them, don’t know their real names, where in the world they live or anything. My offline friends I know lots about, and have spent quality in-person time building up trust… so seems like simple reasoning in the statistics.

By: Todd Mintz

Todd Mintz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:37:34 +0000

There are so many different “levels” of online friends that this stat is meaningless IMO.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:11:03 +0000

@Rob and jibraaten – you are both correct. How you ask a question is key to determining the answers.

By: Internet Pro News » Blog Archive » Study Shows Online Users Seldom Trust “Internet” Friends

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:45:32 +0000

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By: jlbraaten

jlbraaten — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:38:06 +0000

I'm not quite sure I like how the questions were phrased. What if they asked, "Do you trust your online friends that are like you?" They would have gotten a similar answer to what eMarketer found a while back.... "people like you" are trusted as highly as doctors. I'm not putting a ton of faith into these results but it's another good datapoint. jlbraaten's last blog post..New Website ROI Tips: Online Goal Setting

By: Rob Williams

Rob Williams — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:31:17 +0000

Interesting chart especially in light of the one from last week from Nielsen. That's the thing about stats - you can make them say anything. The key to it all is what is a friend? Of course I trust my offline friends, but that trust level doesn't change for that person if they put it online or tell me in person. However, not all of my connections online are friends like that. Rob Williams's last blog post..SEO Explained

By: schuessler

schuessler — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:14:54 +0000

I would trust an online friend, for example a good forum thread, more than an advertisement.