Arenagua+Castro's+Social+Media+Notes

Know:
 * 1 in 5 couples meet online
 * Everything stays on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc.
 * iPads are being used in kindergarten classes
 * No one really uses email anymore

Want to know:
 * Why are certain sites banned in China?
 * Will ereaders soon replace all books?

Learn:
 * Social gamers will spend $6 billion on virtual goods by 2013
 * Movie goers will spend $2.5 billion on real goods
 * If Wikipedia were a book, it would contain 2.25 million pages and would take 123 years to read.
 * Only 14% of consumers trust ads
 * If Facebook was a country, it would be the 3rd largest in the world
 * 50% of the population is under the age of 30
 * 3 in 5 gay couples meet online
 * Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Goofle are banned in China
 * Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the populations of: Isreal, Sweden, Australia, Greece and Chile.
 * Social Media ROI is that your business will still exist in 5 years