Thai survey: Profanity tops 'annoying Internet habits'

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NETIZENS' BEHAVIOURS
Profanity tops "annoying Internet habits"
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's netizens unanimously voted 'using profanity online' as the most annoying internet habit, according to a survey.

The netizens also are most guilty of posting feline pictures and making online complaints, said the 'Worst Internet Habits' survey commissioned by Telenor Group - the major shareholder of Total Access Communication (Dtac).

The study was undertaken by Penn Schoen Berland in Singapore and surveyed 401 people across Thailand (101), Malaysia (100), India (100), and Singapore (100).

According to the Thailand findings, the top five most annoying things people do on the internet are (1) using profanity: 43 per cent; (2) spreading false rumors: 40 per cent (3) online games invites: 32 per cent; (4) trolling or offensively posting in order to elicit angry responses : 28 per cent; (5) sharing inappropriate content: 20 per cent.

While profanity was registered as Thailand's top pet peeve at 43 per cent and in Malaysia similarly high at 39 per cent, whereas India and Singapore reported being far less annoyed by virtual world expletives with only 4 per cent and 7 per cent respectively reporting the behaviour to be annoying.

"This survey gives us a stimulating new way to understand and learn more about our customers in Thailand so we can continue to cater our services to them specifically. In terms of the results, it's interesting to note the unique feelings Thai people have in relation to the net, such as, the fact they really do not like online profanity. I am equally happy to see that Thais love to share food pictures," says Lars-Åke Norling, CEO at Dtac.

When asked which online behaviours respondents have personally engaged in themselves, Thais admitted to (1) posting pictures of food: 36 per cent; (2) complaining: 29 per cent; (3) sharing cat content and poor spelling and grammar: 20 per cent tied. And while women regionally overall were more likely to post pictures of food (31 per cent versus 23 per cent for men), men were bigger complainers at 14 per cent against the female average of 12 per cent. But both genders were equally at fault of being negligent of their spelling and grammar - 14 per cent.

Gender breakdowns also revealed behavioural nuances and potential correlations in behaviour. Two-thirds of respondents admitting to excessively posting selfies on the net were female, whereas the majority of respondents engaging in Facebook voyeurism are male.

Seventy eight per cent of Thais surveyed also admit to being 'internet addicts' - higher than the regional average of 67 per cent. It is worth noting that while both the majority of men and women agreed with the statement, slightly more females surveyed felt addicted than their male counterparts. Females reported to spending more time online than men with 21 per cent of online two hours per day for personal reasons-equating to a mammoth 730 hours per year. In parallel, men reported to accessing the internet more regularly than females with 89 per cent accessing it 'many times a day outside of work purposes'.

Additionally Thailand's average time online per day (5.03 hours) was the highest, followed by Singapore at 4.38 hours, Malaysia at 4.18 hours and India at 3.35 hours.

A resounding 88 per cent of Thais say the internet has improved their lives, and 86 per cent of respondents stated social media in Thailand has helped them to strengthen relationships with friends and family.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Profanity-tops-annoying-Internet-habits-30273311.html


-- The Nation 2015-11-19

[seajae]

I actually thought that posting pics of every meal they eat would have been the highest ranking annoying habit as everytime we go out all the thais seem to do is take pics of what they are eating. Looks like they have finally found something they are good at, using their phones to go online all the time, no surprise there though

[DrTuner]

Here come the speech police. <deleted> 'em.

[doremifasol]

People spreading false rumors are first on my " You're gonna get yours" list.

[Bluespunk]

Using the term netizen gets my vote.

[JHolmesJr]

No <deleted> way!

[BuaBS]

I enjoy profanity on the internet .

"spreading false rumors" : are they really false ?

"sharing inappropriate content" , I thought that was the goal of having internet.

Love cat pics.

Poor spelling & grammar : can I help it that I'm too lazy to spellcheck ?

What annoys me is all the PC correctness !

[mikebell]

Why did they poll 101 Thais & only 100 in the other countries? There's something sinister going on.

[from the home of CC]

so what

[gandalf12]

If you have to resort to profanity then you must have a very poor grasp of the language

[brownknees]

People who resort to profanity show a lack of intelligence and an inability to express themselves!

[HLover]

Right, that is why Chris Rock and Richard Pryor in their comedy acts come across as being unable to express themselves.

Profanity is fun.

[gandalf12]

If the intention is to make changes for users in Thailand why bother to ask people in other countries?

[gandalf12]

Right, that is why Chris Rock and Richard Pryor in their comedy acts come across as being unable to express themselves.

Profanity is fun.

No, it is because neither are actually funny they have to resort to profanity

[jaywalker]

I enjoy profanity on the internet .

"spreading false rumors" : are they really false ?

"sharing inappropriate content" , I thought that was the goal of having internet.

Love cat pics.

Poor spelling & grammar : can I help it that I'm too lazy to spellcheck ?

What annoys me is all the PC correctness !

Yeah the bleeding hearts will burn you at the stake in a heart-beat if you are not PC.

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Their, They're & there ..... You're & your.

I'm left wondering how some TV posters managed to read their airline tickets so they could get to Thailand in the first place.

The focus recently has been on Thai's learning English, when 7/8ths of this forum couldn't pass Mrs. Mathers 5th grade English exam.

My 10 year old daughter can spell better than 90% of the posters here.

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Somebody posted a video of a Thai teacher slamming a student's phone on the floor here recently.

Some retard said he would "sew" her on Youtube.

I replied he should probably learn how to spell sue before he 'sewed' her in a lawsuit.

His reply was that he types really fast & doesn't check his spelling.

He was just like that kid.....more interested in yapping than in academic accuracy.

WORDS MEAN THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited November 20, 2015 by jaywalker

[digibum]

Right, that is why Chris Rock and Richard Pryor in their comedy acts come across as being unable to express themselves.

Profanity is fun.

No, it is because neither are actually funny they have to resort to profanity

Or it could mean that you have no %$* sense of humor. :-)

Seriously, with our without profanity, Chris Rock and Richard Pryor are/were some of the most savvy commentators on society around.

Hey, if you prefer to not use profanity, good on ya. For religious or whatever reasons, some people simply keep it out of their arsenal of communication.

However, that's your choice. Trying to present it as some universal truth is egotistical and narcissistic which, IMHO, is far worse than someone who sprinkles a conversation with a few naughty words.

[digibum]

Pictures of food would never be #1 when you're polling people who probably have a photo of everything they've eaten for the last 5 years on their phones as they are being polled.

[connda]

No sh*t?

[Absolut]

I can understand this, my partner doesn't like me using profanity and I've never heard her use any. Strangely enough we had a rather interesting conversation recently around the use of the word &lt;deleted&gt; and how many different ways it is used by English speakers in a variety of ways.