Survey Shows 20 % Increase in Twitter and Facebook Ban at Work

There has been a 20 percent increase in the blocking of social networking sites in the last six months.

According to ScanSafe's data, 76 percent of companies now block social networking. It is now  more popular to block than online shopping (52 %), weapons (75 %), alcohol (64 %), sports (51 %) and Webmail (58 %).

Does this mean an armed, drunk rugby union player is less of an issue at work than Facebook?

Read the full CIO article here: http://www.cio.com.au/article/315467/survey_facebook_twitter_banned_by_most_employers?eid=-154

Thought for today:

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit - Elbert Hubbard.

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Very good article. I was

Very good article. I was recently blogging on The Netflix Prize, which deals with the quality of the recommendation. However, conclusions are drawn primarily off of user ratings. People don't seem to bother rating on facebook, I know I don't. I wonder what correlations exist there...

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