RE: Digital communication

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2016 11:06:19 -0700


Hi Shelly,
At 10:10 04-09-2016, Shelly Hermia Bhujun wrote:
>Even though a survey is not really required to say that Facebook is
>the most popular and used social network in Mauritius, I would like
>to know if there was any recent survey done for this year. There is
>not much regarding the Social Network usage in Mauritius on the
>Internet. Based on the survey you mentioned above, I am sure there
>has been a drastic change over the past few months. I have noticed
>more Mauritian profiles on Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat.

I am not aware of a recent survey about social networks used in
Mauritius. A few weeks ago, I compared the social network approach
of two younger persons. Although they were both on Twitter, one of
them used it in a more effective manner. A simplistic way to look at
this is that most people might find Facebook ideal for local language
whereas the other networks are useful when the person is looking for
a social network for a different purpose.

>Regarding Mauritian Companies, it seems that having a Facebook page
>seems more important than a website itself. I must admit that it
>seriously bugs me whenever I go on a company's website and see that
>it focus more on its Facebook link rather than updating the website
>content. I think it is more professional if a company has a website
>rather than a Facebook page.

I am not sure whether you would be interested in
http://www.elandsys.com/~sm/ad-landing-page.html

>It is good to know that there are more people connecting via social
>networks but are they all aware of the dangers as well? What about
>the number of frauds, Identity theft etc? What is being done to
>avoid such issues? Coming back to Facebook, there is no evidence
>that the Government made any request to Facebook despite the number
>of cases reported.

I don't think that local users are, in general, have an adequate
understanding of how to handle problems they encounter on social
networks. Maybe people are accustomed to ignore a problem they come
across as it is not seen as something which affect them. The
information available about fraud or identity theft affecting people
in Mauritius is not very reliable. The usual way in Mauritius is to
call for more severe penalties to avoid such issues. A case
involving a company or person outside Mauritius will probably get
dropped as the victim is not encouraged to pursue the matter.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sun Sep 04 2016 - 18:07:21 PST

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