CNN listed the 12 worst types you meet on Facebook. Our favorite: The Maddening Obscurist, the person who tries to be vague and coy but ends up annoying. To wit:

``If not now then when?'' ``John is, small world.'' ``Dave thought he was immune, but no. No, he is not.'' (Actual status updates, all.) Sorry, but you're not being mysterious -- just nonsensical.

The CNN list is good as far as it goes, but there are a few types we'd like to add:

The Relationship Oversharer: Your cutesy hubby/wifey posts are too much. Just stop.

The Baby Bumper: We can handle one or two pics of your growing fetal bundle over nine months, but what makes you think we want to see your bare belly every week?

The Lyricist: Song lyrics aren't statuses, people. If you must use them, at least put them in quotes so we know what you're doing.

The Gifter: Nobody wants your virtual plant!

The One-Upper: When someone posts an event, don't hijack the space to promote your own stupid event. Do it on your own page.

Parents of Grown Facebookers: Nothing brings a bigger forehead slap than Mom's ``I'm so proud of you!'' wall post.

The Thumbs-Up-Exclusivist: The thumbs up function can convey your point well, but when you use it too often and refuse to write out your thoughts, you become that creep who stands in the corner and smiles all day.

The Facebook-Impaired: Take a minute to familiarize yourself with the program before you start responding to people's wall posts with your own status updates. And by the way, you don't need to sign your name. Ever.

The LOLcat: Writing LOL in 2009 is like dropping ``Cowabunga, dude,'' into casual conversation. And for the love of Pete, don't use LOL as punctuation at the end of every sentence.

The Presumptuous Chatter: Don't assume that we have nothing better to do than Facebook-chat with you at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday.

Are we missing anything?

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