This is developing into an "interesting" converstion, at least to me. I think one aspect that we should think about (which might explain a bit of what we enjoy when) is the "uses and gratifications" of logging onto Facebook at a particular time. The way you use Facebook (or any other Web site), or the functions that the Web site does for you will be a factor in what you find "interesting" or "uninteresting" at any given time. For example, if you're on Facebook primarily to find out what's happening in your community or what might not be available via your mainstream media (such as is the case for some here in Egypt), you will find that you add people you might not know personally but who at times act as credible news sources or who we know as "Internet activists." If these people start talking about what they had for dinner, you might not appreciate that because that's not what you had in mind or wanted from these people, even though it's certainly their right to do so. On the other hand, if your account is strictly comprised of people who are actually friends or acquiantances in real life, you might be more tolerant of personal status updates, in fact, you might want to know who is feeling happy or sad or bored, or who ate what for dinner.... If you want to know what cultural activities your friends are going to, that becomes your interest and anything else more "serious" or more "trivial" becomes less interesting. It all depends on what you are looking for at a given moment in time. But since people are not there just to fulfill your needs, most of the time you have to take the "interesting" (to you) with the less interesting, unless all of a person's posts become uninteresting to you. For example, I've taken off one person from my Friends list because all he was doing was promoting certain products that I was not interested in. That person's use of Facebook shifted into an obviously marketing tool, and consequently my interest in his status updates and postings declined. Since he wasn't a real "friend," I simply took him off the list. It all depends on what how you use the site, and what you expect out of it. Best regards to all. Rasha -- Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Graduate Director Journalism and Mass Communication The American University in Cairo www.rashaabdulla.com