A 2012 paper published in The International Information & Library Review conducted a survey with 160 respondents and reported that out of those respondents using social networking "for academic purposes", Facebook and ResearchGate were the most popular at the University of Delhi, but also "a majority of respondents said using SNSs may be a waste of time".
2012年发表在《国际信息与图书馆评论》上的一篇论文对160名受访者进行了一项调查，并报告说，在那些"为了学术目的"使用社交网络的受访者中，Facebook 和 ResearchGate 在德里大学最受欢迎，但"大多数受访者表示，使用 SNSs 可能是在浪费时间"。