This is very interesting because Easier.com today reported that the popularity of these sites may be under threat according to research commissioned by Motorpoint, the UK’s largest car supermarket, whose website generates a large proportion of the retailer’s new and used car sales, and which was named as the most visited out of all the automotive dealers in the UK last year.

The online consumer study of over 5,500 respondents revealed that a staggering 58% of those polled, claimed that they do not use these sites, coming ahead of 27% who go online to re-kindle old friendships, and 20% who want to stay in touch with existing friends. This suggests that factors including the latest legal action surrounding the creators of Facebook, and the clampdown by companies to stop their employees from visiting this type of facility during worktime, have begun to deter many from joining the millions who have already created their own online personal site, and signalling an uncertain future for the Internet communities.