Comments on: Did You Un-Friend Me Because You Don’t Like Me Anymore?

By: Allie imp

Allie imp — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:12:16 +0000

Yes I have deleted “friends” but it is usually because they themselves are annoying on MY page or because I just don’t have anything in common with them.
A lot of people that I went to HS with try to go through and add everyone from HS even if they did not even know that you existed. Most of the time I give these old HS (and other random) “friends” a trial run if they turn out to be interesting and have something in common with me now or I was friends with them back in the day I might keep them on. If they are just “racking” up friends and I am just a number then no, away they go.
The Main reason I do this, I have pics of my kids on my FB so that my friends and family can see them and I don’t want just anybody who decides to add another number to their friends list to have access. I did not join facebook to get hundreds of FB “friends”, I joined to connect with family and friends that I don’ t get to see much.

By: Pema Zopa

Pema Zopa — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:36:48 +0000

Yes I have deleted “friends” on facebook. Hiding friends on facebook does not prevent them sending stupid apps such as farmville to your profile. When this happens I first ask then to not send me anymore of these apps because I do not play then delete the nonsense off my profile. If they do it again I delete them. There is a difference between friends and “friends”. My personal friends, those I physically contact I never have that problem with because they respect my preferences. Those who are “friends” because they like my website, my posts or something along those lines have the potential to become “real” friends but they are still virtual friends. I do not feel hurt or anything else if I am deleted by a virtual friend. I know people who routinely delete virtual “friends” that have not posted to their facebook for awhile – it is nothing personal, just clean up.