WHY SOCIALISE WHEN YOU CAN JUST STAY HOME AND 'SOFALISE'? !!

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Why socialise when you can just stay home and 'sofalise'? Why staying in is the new going out


By Daily Mail Reporter
8th November 2010

It could be down to laziness, the expense of going out or just wanting to spare ourselves long conversations with friends or family.
But millions of Britons have given up on actual socialising in favour of ‘sofalising’ – staying at home and talking to loved ones via electronic devices rather than in person, a poll has found.
More than a quarter, 26 per cent, do all their communicating from the comfort of home.
And for these ‘sofalisers’ who prefer the rapid-fire exchanges of texts or Twitter to a rambling conversation over a meal or at the pub, there are no fewer than 11 ways to connect, according to the poll.
They are: email, text, instant messenger, Twitter, Skype, online gambling sites, live chat, social gaming, and messaging, wall posts or status updates on a social network such as Facebook or Bebo.

As a primary means of contact with friends and family, 71 per cent of adults said they use text, 31 per cent social networking sites, 27 per cent email, and 18 per cent use live chat or instant messaging, the study for online casino Yazino found.
Even when there is time to catch up face to face, such as at weekends, 11 per cent still choose to stay in and talk online instead. Overall, the average Briton spends 4.6 hours a week talking to friends online compared with six hours in person.

There were also ‘extreme sofalisers’ – 3 per cent who spend 25 hours or more each week talking to friends via electronic devices, the poll found.

Yazino chief executive Hussein Chahine said: ‘Some people are as used to seeing their friends’ online avatar as they are their face.
‘People increasingly prefer quick and frequent engagement with instant updates on news than a prolonged chat.’


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