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I have come to observe a few things recently while reading my Facebook and Twitter feeds.  The first is that people tell too much. I admit that I fall prey to this phenomenon way too often myself.  In our fish bowl culture of reality t.v. most Facebook and Twitter users use this medium to communicate every one of life’s events to the body public. There are some masters of social media in my sphere of influence who communicate well and provide for a conversation in my feeds and not just a diary dump of days events.

The second phenomenon was reported this week in the New York Daily News. This study researched people’s Twitter feeds to determine the best day of the week. I asked this question, “how could you possibly find that out?” Apparently you can. According to the study:

A study tracking the moods of Twitter users has revealed that people are angrier on Thursdays than any other day of the week.

“We’re not really sure exactly why Thursday, but people’s bad moods build from Monday until then,” said Northeastern University professor Alan Mislove.

“On Friday, it seems people’s moods change and they become happier until Sunday when the cycle starts over.”

Reading the article I learned that the folks at Northeaster University used keyword searches and produced a nifty video showing what they learned.

My point is, no body cares if your having a case of the Monday’s. If people can determine what your best/worst day is from your Facebook or Twitter page, then you are doing it wrong.

I am pretty sure that Facebook is manic. If your status updates have gone all 296 then take a break from Facebook. I have friends who only update their status if their life is perfect or falling apart at the seams. They never share real or helpful information, a music link, a news report, a story talking about a charitable work.  Only “my life is better than your life because my man/woman is better than your man/woman” or the “OMG what am I going to do with my life because .blah blah blah…”. If this is you, terminate your account now. There is room for all of it, lets just avoid the extremes and monotony.

I have to admit, I have a few friends on both Twitter (376 friends) and Facebook (941 friends) that fall into this category. I keep them in my stream only to watch from a safe distance. I am mocking you right now. Its like my own private reality t.v. show. For free.

So keep this in mind, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Plaxo, Youtube, Flickr, any of them, its like having a conversation in real life. I don’t care about your kitten, or your car sucking, or that you hate Thursday’s and can’t wait for Friday’s. Tell me something that will improve our relationship, teach me something, show me something new, give me something to work with besides “cant wait for school to start so I dont kill me kids before Aug 24″ or the dreaded, “8 days til my vacation starts”.

If I am guilty of these, call me out. Last week I did this very thing, in less than 10 minutes I deleted the post and apologized. Please do the same.

K? Thanks. TTYL.

See what I did there..that last line..yea..text lingo..I know..funny.