More privacy and reputation management on social networking sites %of social networking site users who have taken these steps on their profile 56%
About two-thirds of internet users use social networking sites (SNS) and all the major metrics for profile management are up, compared to 2009: 63% of them have deleted people from their “friends” lists, up from 56% in 2009; 44% have deleted comments made by others on their profile; and 37% have removed their names from photos that were tagged to identify them.
More privacy and reputation management on social networking sites  | %of social networking site users who have taken these steps on their profile  | 70%  | 63%  | 60%  | 56%  | 50%  | 44%  | 40%  | 37%  | 36%  | 2009  | 30%  | 30%  | 2011  | 20%  | 10%  | 0%  | Deleted comments Unfriended someone  | Untagged photos  | Source: The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, April 26- May 22, 2011 Spring Tracking  | Survey; n=2 .277 adults ages 18 and older, including 755 cell phone interviews. Interviews were conducted in  | English and Spanish Margin of error is +/-3 percentage points for SINS users (n=1,015) 