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From a recent study : 20% of smartphone behavior can be accounted for by WhatsApp usage, and females use it 13 minutes longer than males. Extroversion is of high importance in understanding WhatsApp usage, extroverts use it longer vs introverts. High neurotics tend to use Facebook more as it facilitates communication without face-to-face interaction. On the other hand, conscientiousness is inversely correlated with WhatsApp usage. Conscientious humans handle their digital consumption better and are less prone to Internet addiction. Are you conscientious? Conscientious humans can be described as punctual, and diligently follow their daily routines. Status updates. Image source: WeBlogCartoons, Creative Commons license. In related research, there was no good news for science uses of social media : I Like, I Cite? Do Facebook Likes Predict the Impact of Scientific Work? http://buff.ly/1LPj4Io - Not really. Impact of Social Media on Dissemination and Implementation of Clinical Practice Gu...

MD degree does not teach doctors how to tweet scientific meetings, reported Reuters ( http://buff.ly/1xAOPkO ): A study assessed the accuracy of tweets posted by physicians at a medical conference and concluded "it is very easy to misunderstand tone and brevity, so there are dangers here." First the study authors asked speakers at the meeting to identify key messages for their presentations. Then, they asked the speakers to review tweets posted during their talks to see how accurately these points were communicated. Duty calls. Image source: Xkcd.com , Creative Commons license. 14 speakers participated in the experiment, and 13 had at least one tweet posted about their presentations. There were only 37 tweets altogether! Editor's note: This seems incredibly low. Allergy/Immunology conferences such as AAAAI and ACAAI generate thousands of tweets, sometimes more than 30-50 for each talk. The speakers found 16 of the tweets accurately reflected their findings, while an addi...