| abstract | - Socks addiction is a social disease that is particularly virulent among members of multi-user online communities, such as wikis and web-based anagram exchanges. Although not restricted to specific genders, creeds or age-groups it is found primarily amongst white, anglo-saxon teenagers. Some addicts have been known to infect dozens of "partners," and the latest research shows that some wiki communities are thought to have infection rates as high as 30 percent within the registered user population alone. At the current rate of growth, the estimated rate is expected to climb as high as 50 percent by 2008, then drop back to 42 percent in 2010, and finally level off at about 47 percent by 2012.
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