Erick Sass has reported on two surveys concerning the negative impact social media can have on employment.  A 2013 survey found that 8% of individuals aged 16-24 had lost a job opportunity due to social media.  A 2012 survey reported that 40% of hiring managers consult social media when screening job applicants.  A third of the managers who consulted social media rejected an applicant based on what they found.  Yet, “70% of those [young people] surveyed said they weren’t concerned about social media harming their future career prospects.”

According to the stats, Twitter hosts the least literate users, with 0.56 percent of words misspelled (1 in 179), ahead of Google+ with 0.42 percent (1 in 238), and Facebook's 0.31 percent (1 in 323). Even forums attract better writers, with only 0.18 percent misspelled words (1 in 556). Even more embarrassingly, the U.S. commits "spellchecker sins" more commonly than the Brits, who carry an only slightly lower 0.53 percent deviation rate.