STUDY: 83 Percent Of Prostitutes Have Facebook Pages
About 83 percent of prostitutes have Facebook pages, and many turned to the social network before Craigslist got rid of the "adult services" category, according to Columbia University sociology professor Sudhir Venkatesh.
About 83 percent of prostitutes have Facebook pages, and many turned to the social network before Craigslist got rid of the “adult services” category, according to Columbia University sociology professor Sudhir Venkatesh.
Venkatesh found that only one out of every four prostitutes get regular clients from Facebook in 2008, while escort agencies provided about 31 percent. However, the professor had no data analyzing possible synergy between social media and the other sources of clientele — studying this area might uncover the possibility that Johns research these service providers online and then book appointments through other channels.
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