PETER SHANKMAN

Survey: 32% of people have posted then regretted

Every once in a long while, someone pitches me something that’s surprisingly right on target. Today was one. Jennifer Jacobson at Retrevo sent me an interesting pitch about a survey they conducted – Turns out, I’m right to keep my Blackberry at home when I go out and know I’ll be drinking. Results below. Be careful out there, peeps.

Full story is here.

Study Highlights:
- 32% of people surveyed say they’ve posted something online they regretted
- Of that 32%: 3% say it ruined their marriage or relationship with someone. 6% of them said it caused problems at work or home.
- Of that 32%: 13% were able to remove the offending post
- 59% of iPhone users have posted something online they regretted
- 54% of people under 25 years old have posted something online they regretted
- Only 27% of people over age 25 have posted something online they regretted

May 17th, 2010 02:13 PM
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Peter-
If I’m banging away on the keyboard b/c I’m passionate about a topic or post, I’ll sit on it for 15 minutes and then revisit. That has probably has saved me a few headaches/regrets.

Keith

May 19th, 2010 09:24 AM
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Twitter is forever right? You can get mad when fleeced by Facebook because of their crappy opt-out controls. But twitter you have to know is 100% public. So many people forget this.

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