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Women Rule the Social Web

According to an infographic by Information is Beautiful. The stats, compiled by Brian Solis from Google Ad Planner data, show that equal numbers of men and women use sites like LinkedIn, DeviantArt and YouTube.

When it comes to sites like Flickr (), Facebook (), Twitter (), FriendFeed (), MySpace () and Bebo (), however, women outnumber men. In fact, there’s only one major holdout for men on the social web: social news site Digg (), where 64% of users are male.

That the Digg population is largely male should come as no surprise, but what about the other stats? Are women just more social in general, or is there some other explanation?

Time-Waster: So you think you know Helvetica?

Earlier in the month we covered Cheese or Font – a fantastic perpetually-running time-waster that challenges you to choose whether the name displayed refers to a cheese or a font. However, the web is buzzing (at least, in some circles) about a far more nerdy variant: Helvetica vs Arial in Ironic Sans’ “So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?” quiz.

You’re shown 20 logos, each rendered in both Arial and Helvetica. All you have to do is correctly select the logo that was originally rendered in Helvetica. Of course, you shouldn’t be referencing any materials during the test – though you’ll have to fight temptation as there’s some incredibly tricky logos in there, particularly later on when the test throws in a couple of full-capital logos that hide some of Helvetica’s easily-identifiable characteristics.

If you’re feeling brave, take the quiz and be sure to let us know your score in the comments!.

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