Online oversharing a worldwide complaint(special speed)_美文

Online oversharing a worldwide complaint(special speed)

By most accounts, people share too much information and much of it is untrue.

In Japan, nearly a third of adults admitted that they had released false information, and 55 percent said they had a different online personality than their real one. In the United States, the number of admitted online fibbers was 19 percent.

Most people share information through mobile technology to express themselves and to feel connected to friends and family. The majority do it once a week, according to the survey, but in Brazil, China and India, daily sharing is the norm for half the population.

Almost half of Brazilians said they share sports information online, while in China, France and Japan, people share reviews and information.

Chinese admitted to being an "open book" because there is very little that they would not share online, but half of the adults questioned said at times they share too much personal information online.

For 41 percent of the French, sharing information online is easier than in a public setting. And like Brazilians, French said people have poor manners online.

Most Indians are more comfortably revealing things about themselves online than in person, but 44 percent regretted or had been embarrassed by something they had shared.

"What is most interesting is not necessarily how widespread our use of mobile technology has become, but how similar our reasons are for sharing, regardless of region or culture," said Dr Genevieve Bell, director of user interaction and experience at Intel Labs.