How many of us log onto Facebook to read updates that simply just annoy us? Do we really want to read a vague statement that is posted just so we will ask “what is wrong?” A recent study has come out that says women have a large ‘distaste for their friends’, specifically in the realm of social networks.

About 85% of those in the study said they were at some point annoyed by their friend. The top culprits?

1. Those who complain all the time (odd that 63% complained about this)
2. Unsolicited political views (42% said this annoyed them)
3. Bragging (32% admitted this annoyed them and pointed out imperfections in their lives).

Those surveyed also complained of those who used Facebook to document their lives by updating their every move. This is ironic because 79% of those who were polled stated that they enjoyed using Facebook to update their friends about their lives.

Facebook is everywhere these days. Any webpage you visit has a “like” button located somewhere within it. Facebook even follows us when we were not near a computer. We get updates instantly on our cell phones. If Facebook annoys women on their laptops, it most certainly annoys women on their cell phones. Do your Facebook friends annoy you? Do you really want to know the play by play of your friends’ lives?

Via Techland

Yesterday, I met a cute boy and we exchanged digits. Today, I got an SMS text on my cell phone from him, asking what my plans were for tonight.  Has texting replaced actually calling someone, or even more boldly, asking someone face-to-face out to dinner and a movie?

It seems that more often than not, I get asked out on dates through text messages (not that I get asked on dates that often, but that’s another story!). When I got this boy’s text, I found myself disappointed and disinclined to respond. I’ve had relationships where texting had become the secondary mode of correspondence, after in-person talks, and to me, conversations via text seem prone to miscommunication and misinterpretation.

I was thinking that if I answer his text, I would be enabling that form of (mis)communication, which would continue into the future. I had a momentary crisis that required girlfriend intervention.

So, my girlfriend *Lori* explained that texting for a guy is less risky because it puts rejection at a distance. Translated, to me it sounded like a nice way of saying that texting is for the timid.

My happily married younger sister Casey argues that texting is fine as long as both parties find it work-able and that communication beyond the texting exists as well.

Is there a consensus in the dating world as to what is or is not kosher when it comes to texting? Or is text-tiquette still being formulated?

I reluctantly text back (no way is a woman to call a man), and lo and behold, he says he’ll call me when he gets out of his meeting. And he does.