Just to get the insights into an internet based chat and messaging system, I downloaded WhatsApp and have been using it for the last week or so. While the app has a very simple and utilitarian feel to it(functionality over aesthetics), it's the social aspect of it's users that perplexed me.
What's interesting(at least in my case) was that females used it more that males. All the males on my WhatsApp list are usually on chat and prefer to chat on gtalk or Skype rather than WhatsApp. On the contrary, female acquitances almost all prefer WhatsApp over any other form of chat.
It's common knowledge that males are usually the early adopters and power users of technology and related tools, but in this instant(as per my experience), females seem to have a greater appreciation of the platform that males.
I wonder why that is.
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