A survey on the worst internet habits has shown that although Singaporeans are fine with seeing profanity online, we really find people who brag online (humblebrag or not) pretty annoying.
The study commissioned by Telenor Group managed to sift through the trolls and revealed the most irritating internet habits found by users across Asia.
Only 7 percent of Singaporean respondents say that they are annoyed by the usage of vulgar language online, as compared to Thailand’s 43 percent and Malaysia’s 39 percent.
Unsurprisingly, considering the all-too-common phenomenon of kids being permanently fused to their laptops and smartphones, 67percent of Asians admitted that they are internet addicts. Singapore however only takes the second place in the category for the amount of time we spend per day online. Thais spend way more time at 5.03 hours a day while Singaporeans only reach up to 4.38 hours. In comparison, Malaysians are only slightly lower at 4.18 hours a day and India at 3.35 hours.
What grinds the gears of most Asians is seeing people spread false rumours online. 43 percent of respondents across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and India voted online gossip as the most annoying internet habit — a testament to how the internet can amplify and devastate with false information.
Trolling comes at a close second with an annoyance score of 31 percent, with respondents hating its intrinsically mean and useless nature. The other three irksome internet habits voted in the top five include ‘Sharing inappropriate content’ (28 percent), ‘Online game invites’ (27 percent), and ‘Using profanity’ (23 percent).
Other factoids the survey uncovered is the fact that smartphone users in Asia mostly use the super computers in our pockets to post food pictures (33 percent), complain (18 percent), inviting people to play online games (18 percent) and Facebook voyeurism (13 percent).
Interestingly enough, 9 percent use their smartphones to share cat content — which is pretty much the only right way to use the internet.
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