NEW DELHI: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that he seldom logs out, rarely feels drained and finds social networking sites irritating.

"I am a 24-hour technology person," said Gates, on a visit here for overseeing the philanthropic activities of the foundation he has formed with his wife Melinda.

"I am not that big at text messaging and I am impressed with the young people doing that," he said at a conference.
However, Gates said, he reads random articles in silence whenever he feels drained. Calling social networking sites "irritating", Gates said he is flooded by "friend requests" everyday on Facebook.

"I get 10,000 friend requests everyday. It gets so irritating."

To this, Minister of State for Communication and IT Sachin Pilot, who shared the dais with the Microsoft co-founder, asked jokingly: "How many Bill Gates are there on Facebook?"