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"   Notice that your Facebook friend count has dwindled lately? No, it&amp;#039;s not because a large contingent of your pals decided to do a social media cleanse or deactivate their accounts. It&amp;#039;s because they&amp;#039;re sick and tired of your #humblebrags, NBDs, and #luckygirls. According to a survey of over 800 Facebook users, 68 percent said they&amp;#039;d unfriended someone for bragging on the site. (Coming in as a close second? They were sick of seeing excessive lovely-dovey-ness between a pal and his or her S.O.) While there&amp;#039;s nothing wrong with celebrating achievements or milestones on Facebook\u2014hell, most of your friends would love to know that you got into grad school or see your sick vacation photos from Indonesia\u2014too many posts proclaiming OMG my life is so awesome gets old. (And, kinda makes your pals feel bad.) Here&amp;#039;s a little rule I came up with for myself to keep from being that girl in my newsfeed: When you feel like posting something braggy, why not call your mom and just tell her instead? She&amp;#039;ll actually want to hear the news and you&amp;#039;ll get all the affirmation you need. Plus, you&amp;#039;re FB friends won&amp;#039;t virtually roll their eyes at you. Win, win, win.  Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. Photo: Reggie Casagrande/Getty  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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