ZDNet reports on the growing trend of sharing life’s milestones through social media rather than in person, as more Americans prefer the use of social platforms to broadcast updates. Social media management company Sprout Social surveyed more than 1,200 Americans to find out the ways in which people use social media to share and receive information. The survey found that 79 percent of people want to share their life events across social media platforms, with 54 percent saying they “want their network to share the event with them” and 42 percent answering they share in order to “provide helpful information to others in their network.” 
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