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Facebook users turned out to be the most well-mannered
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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Various social networks have become a place of communication for a multi-million audience of Internet users. Experts decided to find out in which of them communication occurs with the greatest use of swear words.
As is known, the most popular social networks among Ukrainians are such communities as: Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter, Moi Mir. As experts studying the problem of foul language in social networks have found out, the most frequent use of foul language in the process of communication occurs among users of Pavel Durov's resource VKontakte. In addition, it was noted that those communicating in the aforementioned network use the most limited vocabulary compared to other similar resources. In general, according to experts' calculations, for every 1000 words in the VKontakte network there are approximately 17 obscene words.
The second place in terms of foul language is occupied by the Mail.Ru project – the social network “My World”. The project “Answers” is also linked to this network, in which more than half of all users of the resource participate. Apparently, heated debates on “Answers” are moving into the category of personal showdowns between users of “My World”.
The social networks Odnoklassniki and Twitter occupy third and fourth places respectively in terms of the level of use of obscene language by users when communicating with each other.
Facebook users turned out to be the most well-mannered compared to other resources. On average, they have 12.8 unprintable expressions per thousand words, and they also have a wider vocabulary. But despite this, the audience of Mark Zuckerberg, who is the founder and CEO of Facebook, was named the most cynical and aggressive. According to research, the most evil users of this social network live in Moscow.
Also, during the research conducted by experts, it was found that in Russia, the majority of the audience of all social networks are representatives of the fair sex.