Facebook logo, Twitter and RSS posted on the windows of Kitch Cafe in Makati City.
This is the new nickname that our country just received after a report came in online and our country got the number 1 spot as the most heavy user of Facebook in the world, there are other countries that are actively using Facebook, but this time the stats and numbers give the story and I know that the local mainstream media is a big influence on this number and give a big push to all of us here to use Facebook. Watch TV,check out the news, or see advertisement, all of them bear the Facebook logo. (More story below)
I first read the news here at Carlo’s blog http://www.newmedia.com.ph/philippines-is-the-social-networking-capital-of-the-world/ and he explained that “Philippines has the highest penetration of Facebook in the world at 93.9%. Penetration means the total number of Facebook users vs the total number of Internet users in the Philippines.”
The main source of the news came here at http://247wallst.com/2011/05/09/the-ten-nations-where-facebook-rules-the-internet/ and they showed here the Top 10 nations where Facebook rules the net, and they gave a nice stats based on data provided by comScore, Inside Facebook, New Media Trend Watch, and ZDNet and announced that the Philippines is the number 1 users of Facebook.
here’s the stat
1. Philippines
> Facebook: 93.9%
> Twitter: 16.1%
> LinkedIn: 1.9%
> Internet Use: 29.7%
My prediction was right last year that Facebook will dominate our screens and now I’m a little bit scared that we are the heaviest users of Facebook and this will attract lots of Facebook activities in the coming months. I’m not really sure if networking and community building is still good in Facebook for your company or small communities, but I still suggest that we should start moving and not rely on Facebook forever, there might be a time that Facebook can be the next Friendster hahahah. But still, Facebook rocks and I’m still looking for other alternatives and how do I maintain my online community there.
Big Questions come into my mind like “what if Facebook is gone after we woke up in the morning?” . The question and answer is similar to.. When Plurk is down.we move back to Twitter..but that was the old story…everyone now sticks to Twitter…and if Twitter is down then everyone moves back to Facebook. Maybe my answer will be, “I’ll go back to Twitter and Multiply if ever Facebook crashes down”, a good example also is that…I heavily use Facebook and Twitter after Blogger.com is down.
Although that the news can also show that our internet service, connection and access are doing good, broadband or even mobile are now semi-perfectly working fine and then in the coming months if SMART’s LTE and Globe’s HSPA+ launches in every part of the city, the continued growth of Facebook users will be doubled, because the access to any internet connection will affect the stats again and also bring more users to social networking sites.
So what’s your take as our country, the Philippines, as the SOCIAL NETWORKING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD ?
