This post is part of The Future of Work, a series exploring the changing nature of work through articles, interactive media, and social discussion.

There is a silent assumption in corporate America that employees left to their own devices will abuse their social networking privileges. But is it true? Pew Internet recently analyzed the social-emotional aspect of social networking to see how humans actually interact, and reached a very different conclusion than we are often led to believe.

Take a look at this infographic to see how people really behave on social media.