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Article: LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook popular among IT professionals; Two-thirds of IT professionals use social networking sites, Network World survey finds.
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- Network World
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- January 9, 2008
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Byline: Jon Brodkin
Social networking sites are used by more than two-thirds of IT professionals on a Network World reader panel, and while
personal use of these tools is common, IT professionals spend more time on social networking sites for business reasons than
for play.
Slideshow: How IT pros stay on top of game with social networking
LinkedIn is the most popular social networking site, with 41% of IT professionals calling themselves users of the site designed
to facilitate business contacts. More than one in five of these IT professionals use MySpace, with similar numbers logging