Comments on: Gender Differences In Social Media Participation

By: Hayat Penalver

Hayat Penalver — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:37:02 +0000

Yes, there is a difference between how men and women use media but I wonder if many of these differences are just the consequences of the stereotypes of the society that still think that women are submissive and just want to socialize.

I think that nowadays women want to be as powerful as men, so the line that differenciates them might be dissappearing and the use of media might be changing by each gender as well as their roles have changed in daily basis. Before men used to work and women stayed at home doing chores or taking care of the babies. I see that now women not only work but also do many things that only men used to do. Now, women want to be successfull too and for this they need to be competitive as well. They have been trying to take more part of the society and be more active. And these changes might started to be noticed in their use of media too.

By: Paradise Valley AZ

Paradise Valley AZ — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:51:26 +0000

Whooah Ryan…those are some pretty broad generalizations. I am a female and I definitely see myself more the “male” category as someone who uses social media to “accomplish” things rather than build relationships. Interesting premise but like you say, it is just a generalization.

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By: G.weber | link building services

G.weber | link building services — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:16:53 +0000

Gender has been an issue as to who performs best. Women are serious, men are more serious. Women plays a very big role in the society. They can’t be underestimated. Men are more competitive. But no matter how far the difference may be, both men and women are important.

By: Patrick Carroll

Patrick Carroll — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:24:37 +0000

Nice article, its probably true. I use social media far more for business rather than pleasure.

By: Leah Rencontres

Leah Rencontres — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:38:59 +0000

Nice article! So, my conclusion would be that men and women act socialize on internet as they do in the real life.

By: Ki

Ki — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:52:25 +0000

I used to notice to something similar with coding. Guys would code pretty quickly. I think basically to get recognition. Girls would spend more time and comment their code. The practical upshot is if I had to take over someones code I would prefer if it was a girl that wrote it.

By: Stephanie Valentine

Stephanie Valentine — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:33:32 +0000

Good points in this article, with a significant caveat on how these are generalizations. Most of my women friends do get on social media to socialize, while the men in my life have “goals” with their social media. Having said that, I’m the exception to that rule. I tend to be very goal-oriented and have less patience for “chatting” on social media for the sake of it. I have a couple of other women friends who are also like this. We participate in social media, but for business reasons rather than threads of socializing. If we’re going socialize, we’d rather do it in person, if possible! Great post!

By: Pamela Egan

Pamela Egan — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:25:24 +0000

This was an extremely insightful article. I have often noticed some of the same things pointed out by the author here regarding the various ways men and women use social media, but this article definitely shed some light on a few that had not occurred to me. Kudos for a very interesting read!

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By: Stacey Rynders

Stacey Rynders — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:49:13 +0000

Well, I’m confirming your assertion on women by posting a link to your post. I enjoyed the observations, and I hope others do as well!

By: Donnell Harmon

Donnell Harmon — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:34:37 +0000

Interesting article, it is true that most studies indicate that a greater proportion of women use social media for the social interaction and to build communities. The differences in the usage of social media should not be considered surprising seeing as women are traditionally more known for developing deeper social interactions.

However, when writing blogs in the future I would be careful of the wording you choose to convey this point. Suggesting that using social media to talk socially is by itself a “deeper” use of the media is a controversial idea. It is important to note that was the original purpose of many social networking sites (Myspace Facebook etc).

With that being said, I believe in the crucial points made in this article. In the last 6 months I ( a male) have developed a greater interest in using social media to achieve ends such as networking, marketing etc. However, that is not surprising seeing as I have a marketing degree, and work in advertising. The question I want to pose to readers of this blog has yet to be addressed. Is there any correlation between the differences in the number of males and fermales in certain professions that might explain the differences in the usage of social media?

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:59:41 +0000

Nie post Ryan.
(gross generalization ahead)
I agree that men focus on the prize and women focus on the long term relationship.
If you look at how business relationships are changing it may be time for men to start focusing on their business relationship to their customers, colleagues and competitors a bit differently.

While it may be true that men tend to be the more aggressive players in social media circles, is that the right play?

Tad Chef-

Saying women get to the top for being excessively social while men work hard to get there is an over simplification.
Some men have to work hard to understand how to give value rather than demand attention. The ones who are best at social media, and therefore at the top of the heap are the ones who naturally volunteer help and opinions rather than scream “look at how great I am” over and over.

Business environments are changing and the relationship with the customer is being recognized as a long term benefit to the company. Better build that relationship or watch somebody else do it instead.

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:07:52 +0000

My impression is that women are, like in real life, more social while men tend to focus on hierarchy as in top lists and other ways to prove authority.
Even top social media users like Tamar tend to be on top for being excesseively social while the men rather work hard to get there. Of course woen also work hard etc. but they tend to be better networkers.

By: Lee Ann

Lee Ann — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:40:40 +0000

What I’m curious about is how much of the behavior of either gender is taught and how much is inherent. Do women tend to behave as they do simply because that’s how they are raised? Same with the men. How much of our behavior is actually natural?

By: Jeff Flowers

Jeff Flowers — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:20:12 +0000

I wish there were more women that get involved in social media, whether it’s digg, reddit or twitter. I’ve always found digg to be a bit of a competition, which is probably why women don’t stick around for very long, if they truly get involved.

I do see more women on Twitter and Stumble, and I like that, because those are my two favorite social media sites.

By: Ruud

Ruud — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:08:32 +0000

“Women want to be popular or communicate, men want to make money or be considered cool.”

On the one hand I just want to say something smart like “we’re all just humans” but playing the gender difference game; we must not be frequenting the same social networks because I see examples of both on either side…

By: antje wilsch

antje wilsch — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:35:26 +0000

Interesting article. I want to meet your wife

We initially thought that our site would be heavily geared towards women (family centric) but we have been proven wrong. What has proven right is our marketing messages – men grasp the value of “personal story/legacy left behind” and are willing to pay for this. Women are more about using the tools to bring family members closer & stay connectec. But our users are split right down the middle in usage patterns – which surprised us.