I have this little tool called Greasemonkey. Each time I sign into Facebook, the little monkey performs a "friend check" to see who has dropped me from their friend list. And yes, I've been dropped by several people. Ah ha! You thought I'd never know...
Surprise! The Internet is no longer a place to be anonymous. With all the widgets and gadgets, plug-ins and add-ons, there is a tool to thwart just about any subterfuge. Not that dropping friends from your Facebook account is a reason for high treason, but still, it hurts.
Well, it doesn't hurt that much. That's because when I first started using Facebook I "friended" a whole mess of people I barely knew or didn't know at all. It was an ego move - a lot of people I knew had hundreds of friends. I wanted hundreds of friends too. How shallow!
What I learned is that in social media - as in normal, face-to-face socializing - its really more about quality than quantity. I completely get that. It's not how many friends you have, but how useful, enjoyable and helpful your interactions with those friends are. As in life, if we have "friends" that are really just acquaintances and we never form a bond of any kind, then we are apt to drop them either actively (get lost!) or passively (do I know you?). Trying to keep up with my friends is hard enough, I just don't have the time to keep up with mere acquaintances and I can only imagine that this is the true reason I've been dropped by some.
And yet the act of "dropping" is active - it requires action. You had to go to your friends list, see my name and click delete. Seems like a lot of unnecessary steps in our busy, busy lives. I suppose I was using up valuable Facebook friend real estate and had to go to make room for better friends. Or maybe my popping up on your home page with my usual drivel (its not all drivel) just finally got to you. FYI - you could have just click "hide" then you wouldn't have to see my posts at all. But no, you specifically deleted me. So finally, here's my question:
Do You Delete Friends on Facebook and why?
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