Unfriending

I rarely unfriend someone. Usually I won't accept their friend request unless I care enough about them to know what's going on in their life. I'm not about having high number of friends. I'm about being "friends" with people that I genuinely care about.

There have been a few times that I have unfriended people. Generally if we are no longer real life friends I don't need to remain their friend on facebook. There have been a few times where people will post things that I find so offensive that I don't want to be associated with them or their views. I don't usually comment on it. I'll just unfriend them. Typically they aren't people I would be really close with in real life anyway. I don't care about people having their own opinions. That doesn't bother me but when it gets offensive I don't want any part of it.

My step sister unfriended everyone in the family when she threw a hissy fit a few years ago. She asked to be my friend 2 times after that I denied it both times. It was kind of nice not seeing all of her posts bitching about how horrible her life is and how she's always so sick. Finally I accepted the 3rd request but she's about 1 status away from being hidden again like she was before.

I was also unfriended by a major bible thumper after my Happy Zombie Jesus day post last Easter. hahahaha. Not before she told me how offensive my post was and that I needed to watch The Passion of Christ movie. I asked her if that was a porno with a guy dressed as Jesus. That pretty much sealed the deal. I may have been pushing her buttons on purpose. :devil:

I've never unfriended anybody here I don't think.

 

interesting

 

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Yep It's my way of thinning out the herd! I posted something to be funny. I knew it would probably offend a few of my "friends" but I have just as much of a right to post that as they have to post a picture of bloody jesus nailed to the cross. I wouldn't unfriend someone for their belief in god even though I don't believe the same thing they do. If they continue to post religious things every day I may choose to hide them so I don't have to read it.

Instances that I find offensive enough to unfriend someone over is when they post something racist or homophobic. Those are 2 things that I refuse to put up with. I don't want to be associated with people like that. That is my choice. If they want to post hateful messages towards groups of people they can. I will just choose to not see it.

 

I do it when I see someone on there that I haven't spoken to in more than a year. If I haven't spoken to them in a year, they probably aren't close enough to me to care about my life on or off FB.

 

I have to agree here. To me it seems you are kinda out of touch with reality if you are in the business of friending/unfriending on the internet all the time.

Most of those people aren't your real friends anyway.

 

I think this "friendlist" stuff is all a bit bizarre.
I don't used Wastebook or Shitter. I have a Linkedin account, but actually have an agreement with actual friends not to link on it. (Privacy/security issues etc).

Some people on forums I'm friends with but don't "friend link" with.
I actually think its a bit of a gimmick from Big Brother/Big Data to do more profiling of us.

If someone is into this friends stuff, I think "unfriending" is a bit harsh usually.

 

Yes, unfriending people on social media is how they call the function. I didn't made them my friends, nor did they. They just end up on your friendlist and for whatever reason they can get removed from that as well. I'd hate to think all those people considered that function on a forum or social media site to actually represent real friendship. Wtf, with some 'friends' on this site I never ever had a private conversation.
I'm not saying no one on my friendlist is considered a friend by me but people who have trouble being unfriended or unfriending people on social media probably make the mistake of regarding this contactlist option with real friendship.

 

My FB is constantly maintained clear of extreme liberals, Christians, people who post pics of their kids, bros, and other nuisance that gets in the way of my pleasant FB browsing experience.

 

unfriending is so passive-aggressive and reading the egos of some of the perpetrators in here leads to me continue to believe I am correct in the assumption that Y'ALL SOME HOS.

 

If I deleted all people who posted pictures of their kids, I wouldn't have any friends left. Everyone is popping them out left and right.

 

I know. Ewww. Kill them with fire.

 

That escaladed quickly...