REVEALED: The 25 most annoying things about social media
The study was conducted by online casino Casumo.com, whose spokesman Greg Tatton-Brown said: "Although our survey was definitely light-hearted and aimed to find some of the funnier habits of social media users, we found that many people do get genuinely peeved by things they find online.
"We believe that everything should be as fun as possible – so if social media is proving to annoy you, take a short break and reflect on what makes it great.
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Hide Ad"And you can always come off it entirely – there's no law saying we must be connected 24 hours a day, after all."
THE TOP 25 SOCIAL MEDIA SINS
1. Too many selfies
2. Trolling people
3. Body shaming
4. Cryptic, attention-seeking status updates followed up with 'I don't want to talk about it' or 'I'll DM you' when someone asks if they're OK
5. Liking your own profile picture
6. Inviting people to play games like Candy Crush and Farmville
7. Ranting about politics
8. Revealing TV show spoilers
9. Selling mid-level marketing products like juice or make-up
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Hide Ad10. When people 'check in' to hospitals without specifying why
11. Posting endless pictures of kids
12. Overly loving couples constantly talking to each other on social media
13. Posting pictures of food
14. Gym selfies or updates about being at the gym
15. Simply updating too often
16. Boasting about kids
17. Expressing inauthentic sympathy after a disaster or other incident
18. Boasting about your performance at something
19. Photoshopping/Facetuning selfies or pictures of yourself
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Hide Ad20. Re-posting old memories that nobody else would be interested in
21. People who get overly upset about comments online
22. Using hashtags on Facebook
23. People who steal jokes and write them as if they came up with them on their own
24. Using hashtags that nobody else would possibly use
25. Sub-tweeting