Facebook / Twitter dividing along gender lines?

This is completely anecdotal, but my female friends on the whole opt for Facebook and my male friends Twitter. This could be a coincidence, but the girls seem to like the more voyeuristic nature of Facebook, with it's photos and insight into other people's calendars. A lot of it reads like a female coffee-shop discussion, with lots of personal issues and details being aired and shared.

However Twitter, although still suffering from the banal, is more condensed, takes less time and is less personal. These may seem like negatives - but to us Boys, it fits in nicely with our more emotionally closed natures and desire to get straight to the point without all the chaff.

Are Social Networks evolving rough gender lines?

(Ian informs me that Facebook still has a place for goggling at pictures of hot friends though, apparently.)

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