Twitter Re-Tweets and Facebook Shares

I created a survey to find out what people like sharing on Facebook and re-tweeting on Twitter, as well as what sort of posts they thought were the most shared and re-tweeted.

Twitter

Everyone who uses Twitter that replied only re-tweet funny tweets. They said this was because they think that if something makes them laugh, it's also going to make their followers laugh. A couple of people also said they re-tweet interesting facts.

They tend to find however, that most re-tweets they see are based on celebrity culture or controversial news, although there is often an element of humour within the posts that get the most re-tweets.

Facebook

People share on Facebook stuff they find interesting as opposed to funny. The focus on Facebook tends to be entertainment in a broader sense than just humour. 

In line with this, they tend to find that most shared posts on Facebook are about gossip or controversial issues, but then there are also a lot of competitions and funny videos as well.

Differences

In general, people said that they think a lot less about what they put on Twitter than what they put on Facebook. Twitter is more like a stream of peoples thoughts, whereas Facebook is more informative and enlightening.