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Many Americans think Social Networks are useless

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By Jerry Hart

SAN FRANCISCO —
Social-networking services such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter may be generating lots of buzz. But old-fashioned, non-digital, face-to-face conversations aren’t out of vogue just yet.

About 87% of 1,000 adults questioned in June said they prefer to deal with other people in person instead of via computers or smartphones, according to a survey from Brightkite, a mobile social-networking service, and GfK Technology, a market research agency.

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What’s more, half of the respondents said that they do not use social networks.

“Social networks are a great tool to connect with people, but they don’t replace the pleasure we get from meeting friends,” says Rob Lawson, Brightkite’s chief marketing officer. Click the links for more stories.

Women prefer face time 70 times more than using social networks. By contrast, men prefer it 33 times more, according to the survey.

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