A study comparing the behavior of adults aged 19 to 71 and adolescents aged nine to 18 revealed that time spent on Facebook is the determining factor in how much people post to the site, reports The Vancouver Sun. Adolescent respondents shared more but also spent, on average, 55 minutes per day on Facebook, while the adults spent 38 minutes. The survey also revealed older users were less "mindful of the potential consequences of online sharing" but used privacy settings more. "Our research shows that people simultaneously care about their privacy and share a lot on Facebook...The take home is that there needs to be more education about privacy on Facebook," said the study's co-author, Amy Muise.
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