Less Is More: Let’s All Think Before We Overshare, Mkay?
by Yelena Shuster on May 16, 2012
As we mentioned yesterday, it’s National Etiquette Week — and in news that will shock pretty much no one, 90% of Americans think we’re suffering from mobile TMI and almost 50% feel overwhelmed by all the status updates, according to a national Intel survey on mobile manners.
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The biggest pet peeves? Constant kvetching, inappropriate pics, and dishing private info. We’ll excuse you a second while you purge your Facebook feed…
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We’re no researchers, but we can easily add a few more to the list: no more odes to the fairy sun god responsible for your crack-like energy, no more braggy mentions of your mortgage-priced new handbag, no more hourly updates of your new bench press record.
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This dating season, less is more. Practice thumb restraint now and thank us later.














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