One in six Internet-using adults in the U.S., or 25 million people, have sold something online. The figure is higher for Web users who have access to broadband Internet connections.
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What's going on with these technologies that are relatively complex is that teens have a bit more spare time than adults do, and they have more opportunities to play with technology. That's what they're doing They're playing with it. It's a toy. When you play with something, you take it apart, you look inside it, you turn it around. ... I think adults are less likely to do that. They just want it to work.Amanda Lenhart
In many countries, the cell phone is viewed as the most basic piece of technical equipment, kind of like the way Americans view the computer, ... Just as some of us have multiple computers, some people have more than one cell phone.
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People in their 30s are the ones who are doing this. They just have more stuff to sell, that's got a lot to do with it.
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There is something different about communications that are mediated by a piece of technology it is easier to talk about difficult subjects, and that is both good and bad. You don't see the person's upper lip tremble. You don't hear their voice quiver. You don't get those external, non-textual cues.
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