Facebook friends ... Andrew Staley, 23, Connie Richards, 29 and Christian Petersen, 26. Picture: Kristi Miller Source: The Daily Telegraph
IT'S worth thinking twice before posting on Facebook - your next status update could cost you a friend.
Clogging up newsfeeds with boring updates, photos of dinner and posts every hour are the most annoying Facebook habits, a survey has revealed.
The problem is so extreme that four out of five Australians surveyed called for an end to newsfeed congestion by limiting their friends' posts to every three days or longer.
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However, despite almost half of all Australians admitting that hogging the newsfeed is grounds for defriending someone, it's actually not hard to be liked on the social-networking site.
Regular Facebook user Christian Petersen agreed that hourly updates and "check-ins" were the most annoying traits online.
"If it's once or twice a week with a status update or check in - that's cool - but the people that do them every five minutes need to realise that nobody cares," he said.
"If they are going through Europe and they post some interesting photos I have no problem with that. It's the constant posts about nothing that are stupid."
His friends Connie Richards and Andrew Staley said people who used the site as a means to vent their issues and talk about relationship break-ups were also among their top pet peeves.
But it wasn't all bad, with the trio dubbing a good friend as someone who likes and comments on your posts.
"I'd say the perfect friend is one you don't speak to for two years and then you can go and stay with them when you go to Europe," Mr Petersen, 26, joked.
"It's nice to have your friends comment on your posts and be involved in your life - especially if you can't see them as often as you would like."
The survey, commissioned by mobile service amaysim, also found funny updates and interesting photos made you an online asset.
"It seems Facebook is no different to Friday night at the pub, with religious and political rants making Aussies reach for the 'dislike' button," amaysim spokesman Ged Mansour said.
"Staying in the good books is as easy as 'liking' what your friend had for breakfast or their current relationship status. It even leaves one in 10 of the people we surveyed feeling warm and fuzzy."
With almost 60 per cent of people surveyed regularly accessing Facebook on a mobile phone or tablet, Mr Mansour said it had now become too easy to share their every thought and location.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
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