To get irritated by people who won't reply to texts but are on facebook all the time!

[MidsomerM]

Can someone explain this to me?

I have a couple of friends who are hopeless at replying to texts. They can take days to respond, or sometimes not reply at all. So I assume they're busy - fair enough, you can't drop everything to reply to texts.

But then I notice that they've been on facebook every half hour throughout the day, updating the world on what they've eaten that day, where they are, what they're thinking etc etc. And I know for a fact that the use their phone to access facebook.

So, if they've got their phone, and nothing to do, why not reply to texts?

And before anyone says these people obviously don't like me, I know that's not the case. They are good friends who often invite me over, want to chat and so on. And often the texts I send aren't trivial little observations on life, they're specific questions about arrangements or other things that are important to my friends.

I know some people don't do "cyber communication", but these people clearly do, as demonstrated by their endless facebook output!

I hate texting, I rarely text anything more than two word answers. But I use twitter a lot as I can contact my sisters via it, chat to them both at once and see what they're up too, more interesting than texting!

facebook always on here, on the laptop at home or at the desk at work. My phone is in the bottom of my handbag, I'll see a message now and then, but it normally has been there for a while.

If you're also on Facebook, go on and send them a private message via that, you don't need to tell everyone your business.

I prefer texting to talking as I am an anti social whatnot. But, I am lax sometimes at replying to stuff as it comes in on my phone (email, text, fb whatever) and I read it and think I'll reply when I sit down or in the evening...but then forget.

It's funny how we all like different things. I don't have a phone with Internet, so texting is much easier for me than facebook. And talking on the phone is almost impossible with the kids around. I rarely answer the phone when it rings, so maybe people get irritated by me too!

I hate texting, but am on fb a lot. just pm them on fb.

cant believe so many people think its so much trouble to text! op i am like you, easier to text than call and dont wana put everything on fb for the whole world to see. but if its texts about arrangements for things maybe the reason they dont reply is cos they are not sure yet or something like that?

Are you talking about me?

I am rubbish with texts, I receive them, think I need to check x with y before I can reply, then forget. Or I start composing a reply, autocorrect changes every word, I realise I also need to ask you about a,b,c and tell you z, think I'll do this when I have time to write properly, then I send an email or fb pm. My drafts folde ris rammed!! I would much rather have a phone conversation with someone as then you can just discuss stuff, or at least fb or email so you can type freely and put it all in.

FB is often available on my phone when I don't have a signal for phoning/texting, and you can reply during night feeds, where I don't text for fear of waking someone up. I find texts a bit invasive somehow, where email or fb just waits for you, texts buzz in the night or wake the baby or embarrass you in an appointment.

My touch screen phone is a bit weird and often takes ages to load texts or opens the wrong one, which annoys me too.

There's a whole host of reasons, shall I go on?....

I have two old friends from university, we don't live very near each other now but try to meet up once every 2-3 months in a central location. It's always tricky trying to co-ordinate diaries and find a date that works - made MUCH harder by the fact that one of them will ONLY reply to texts and the other will ONLY reply to emails! I end up having to communicate with both of them, and pass each one's communications on to the other.

It drives me MAD!!!!

I much prefer texting to Facebook. Most of the time I find Facebook a viperous nest of shyte and if I want to make arrangements, a text is by far the best method of communication. Also, I get increasingly irritated by the assumption that the whole world is constantly glued to fucking Facebook!

YABU because neither emails or texts are instant communication forms, if you want a reply now, ring them and speak to them! if its not urgent then email or text is fine but I can't stand people who expect real time communication from emails and texts, that's not what they're for IMO. I read texts on the go but don't necessarily have time to stop and text back, I'll maybe do that in the evening. And I'm always "online" on facebook, but its open in a tab while I do other things on the computer, or use the computer to listen to music while I do housework, Do you think they are sitting staring at the FB screen waiting for something to happen while their phones beep away beside them???

I'd just reply to one of their updates "Oi! stop pissing about on FB and reply to my bloody question! "

why do people on this thread keep writing if you use fb then all the world will see it. do they not get how fb works