Web surfers may be reaching a point of information overload. That's what some said after rumors surfaced that Google plans to rival Facebook with a social networking site called GoogleMe.
Is your brain at capacity? Have you finally reached the point where you have enough friends online? Or are you beginning to agree with Betty White, thinking it's a big waste of time? Perhaps you need to take a break from social networking.
A recent survey by a free texting app called "textPlus" shows signs that social network users are growing weary of "friend" glut, a.k.a. random status updates and photos clogging their newsfeeds ("Farmville" anyone?).
The survey results report 71% of teenagers between the ages of 13-17 say they have more friends on Facebook than they care to communicate with. For the college-age users, the number was closer to 76%.
And get this, according to textPlus, almost 40% of college age web users have done a major "defriending" cleanup. You might want to check your friends list. Have you been defriended lately?
Twitter is still catching on. Most teens aren't tweeting on a normal basis yet, but whether twitter will end up being just a fad is yet to be seen. Either way, if status updates seem to cause the information overload, don't be surprised if "twitter fatigue" becomes another form of the facebook exhaustion syndrome.
For more on textPlus and how to download the free app, click here.
