New Study Shows People Who Use Twitter A Lot Are Prone To Cheating

    

Twitter is fun. Creative minds are in plenty in the social networking site and micro-blogging platform. Most Kenyans on Twitter desire to be bigwigs, that’s why they post a lot of crazy stuff to attract new followers.

But here is the thing. Does your partner spend a lot of time on Twitter? A new study says you should be very afraid!

The study claims that
Twitter bigwigs and those who are trying to be bigwigs are more prone to infidelity and breakups. The heavier you are on Twitter, the more you get irresistible chances to flirt and the more people of the opposite sex get attracted to you. Unlike Facebook, most people won’t even demand a picture of you in order to hook up with you. So long as your tweets are interesting and your numbers are good, you become desirable.

People love to openly flirt on Twitter. Past studies have shown that in every couple, one partner likes Twitter more than the other and the one that likes Twitter is more likely to flirt and get a tweet up that leads to other things.

The recent study, conducted by University of Missouri School of Journalism doctorate student Russell Clayton, surveyed 581 Twitter users who ranged in age from 18 to 67. Clayton asked participants specific questions about how often they log in, tweet, scroll through their feed, send direct messages, and reply to followers. He also asked about how many followers they have and questions about how much, if any, conflict occurred between the tweeter and his or her partner because of use of the social network.

Ultimately, Clayton found that Twitter bigwigs are far more likely to experience Twitter-related conflict with their romantic partners. His findings mirror a study he co-wrote last year, which found that frequent Facebook lovers experienced a similar problem. He claims that, although relationships have always suffered from one partner’s distractions or obsessions, social media plays a special role in these situations.

“I think this is unique,” Clayton told Yahoo Tech. “Because the questions I asked about Facebook- or Twitter-related conflict were specifically: Are you being hollad at more often because of your popularity n social media? Are you reconnecting with former partners on Facebook or Twitter? Has Facebook or Twitter use led to a verbal dispute or argument between you and your current or former partner?”

Clayton opened up on what inspired him to conduct the research..

“I experienced a couple arguing about Facebook use and that being problematic in their relationship,” he said. “So I decided to test that and see if that was happening among the general population. And it was, and so is Twitter.”

Comparing his two studies, Clayton also found out that the length of time a couple had been dating did not affect whether they would be negatively affected by one partner’s Twitter activity.