Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates Friday said 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 on using technology for transformation here.

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."