We're reading Jasmine Gardiner's summary of the best new social networking sites: http://tinyurl.com/dkpt9u

So we've been checking out http://omegle.com/ lately and it seems to be soley populated with kids from the netherlands, paedofiles looking for kids and psychotics in Japan.

Go and have a look yourself. We promise you will be abused at least twice in ten minutes. This was our first conversation:

60% of Britain suffering from 'Twitterphilia'

60% of Britain suffering from 'Twitterphilia'

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Noun: Someone who is addicted to social networking and suffers from uncontrollable urges to update their status – e.g. Tweeting

Verb: to 'Twitterbate'

60% of Brits admit to being hooked on social networking, and a further 30% are so addicted that they need to access these sites anywhere, anytime. New research, commissioned by Vodafone UK, reveals how embedded social networking has become in the everyday lives of Brits, and how dependent we are on communicating via sites, such as Twitter and Facebook.

With celebrities such as Jonathan Ross and Lilly Allen leading the trend for ‘Twittering’, ‘status updating’ and ‘profile watching’ while on the move, the rest of the nation is following suit. More than 45% of UK mobile phone users access Internet through their mobile, and one in ten people even said that not being able to access social networking sites on the move would ruin their day. Boffins at Vodafone are referring to this level of social networking ‘Twitterphilia’

London is the hub of general social networking activity (71%) while mobile social networking is biggest in the east of England (39%). Wales has the smallest social networking community in the country (47%). 70% of all British women use social networks, compared to 50% of men. Men are 10% more likely to access social networks on the move than women.

Facebook is most popular with women and men are more likely to use MySpace, but micro-blogging site Twitter holds equal appeal to both men and women. In January 2009, 735,000 Brits accessed Twitter through their mobile phones.

To make it easier to access the ever popular micro-blogging site, Vodafone UK has signed an agreement with Twitter allowing customers to send updates and receive notifications from the site, via SMS. A first in the UK, all Vodafone customers will be able to receive text messages from people they choose to follow via SMS on Twitter.

Welcome to bloggersandmash...

Hello. This the NEW blog... 'tis called Bloggersandmash.

Yep.

Quick reminder of who we be:

Rachel - all crotch dances and no shame:

Nikita - all fur coats and no underwear:

We don't get out much. We spend a lot of time on the internet. You'll read a lot about it on here.

From time to time, you might see the odd bit of actual real life action, like this:

Or this...

...but usually, its consumery tech based stuff, trend spotting and fashion. We like a bit of the wierd and wonderful. That's how we roll, etc.

So, you know, read on, enjoy.

Cheers

bloggersandmash

(Rachel and Nikita)