In December Social Media commentator Mashable.com ran an interesting piece about the things that seemed to come up most in people's Facebook status updates in 2011 (mine was probably the word tired!)

This is an interesting window on the world and on culture. Especially so for us, when we bare in mind that many of those using Facebook are teens and young adults. This, I guess, is the stuff that strikes a chord with them...

[image hotlinked from Mashable.com]