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Women are Often Annoyed with the Facebook Habits of their Online Friends: Study
By Beecher Tuttle, TMCnet Contributor
If Facebook (News - Alert) gets wind of a new study, the social networking giant may soon want to add a new category for "frenemy" – at least for women. A recent survey of more than 400 female Facebook users found that the vast majority of respondents often feel resentment toward their connections, or "friends."
The survey, conducted by daily deals site Eversave, found that a whopping 85 percent of women reported feeling annoyed by their online friends at one point of another. More than half of respondents indicated that they are friends with people who they would classify as online "drama queens," "proud mamas," or "posers" who project a false image of themselves.
Although nearly eight out of 10 respondents said that they regularly use Facebook to keep their friends up-to-date on their lives, most seemed to have little tolerance for those that overuse of the site.
Topping the list of annoying friend behaviors were constant complaining (63 percent), sharing unsolicited political views (42 percent), and bragging about "perfect" lives (32 percent).
Female friends were often placed into less-than-complimentary categories like "slactivists," who are constantly spreading the word of various causes, "documentarians," who detail the most inane aspects of their lives on their Facebook page, and even "incessant likers."
“The ironic issue is that many women may not even know they are being classified or thought of that way by their Facebook friends,” said Charlene DeLoach Oliver, JD, CISR, an attorney-turned-Blogger at CharleneChronicles.com. “Most people regard social media, like Facebook, as a place to gripe or boast because they often can’t do it in real life."
However, respondents still seemed to value the benefits of the social networking. More than 90 percent said that they appreciate Facebook for allowing them to view their friends’ photos and videos, while three-fourths reported being grateful for the ability to connect with forgotten friends.
Interestingly, the main purpose of the survey was actually to develop a better understanding of the impact of social networking on daily deals. The aforementioned results were just a byproduct of that study.
Tracey Schelmetic is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Tracey's articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Janice McDuffee
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