That's ridiculous , i know some friends that do , but not everyone is going to be riveted on their pc , tv , consoles or mobile phones screens and waste every second replying in hurry to everyone in their 50+ members list .

People are entitled to their free time , and last thing we need is being pestered and yelled at for not answering the damn silly call every min .

@Racer-X: Already said - Call them back when you can. As for the "20 times an hour", tell them to stop calling you so often. Be upfront and honest to your friends - I really fail to see the problem here. Isn't friendship about trust and care? Telling them you're going to go to bed, and ending up doing something else is something very different from ignoring them.

@Baka: You don't have to be rivited to the screen. When you see a message, you can reply. If you don't have time, say "sorry don't have time", because if you have time to check facebook, you have time to say that.

Also, you're never going to be able to convince me you have any more than 5 people talking to you on facebook at any given time, unless you're INSANELY popular. Phone calls much less than that.

Bottom line is that if you're concerned about your privacy, or your ability to ignore your friends... Stop using Social Networks, MSN and Phones. After all - nobody's forcing you to use them and, as you put it, "ruin things" with them.

I never said i did . Actually i dont because seeing the level of crap , i made damn sure i'd get my peace even on facebook . But i do know silly people that can't even play a 90 sec round of fighting games without being spammed msgs or calls .

"Bottom line is that if you're concerned about your privacy, or your ability to ignore your friends... Stop using Social Networks, MSN and Phones"

That's sheer idiocy , privacy options are there for that purpose , and without a modicum of it fat chance any of those would survive .

That idiotic feature will either get tweaked or be removable in options soon enough