“On Facebook, I’ve been noticing a trend of unfriending en masse. And not just taking the proverbial power saw to your friends list, but announcing it beforehand. Letting everyone know that in a few minutes they may or may not have made the cut. Like The Bachelor, but with more roses. Or maybe less roses. I don’t know. I don’t watch The Bachelor.
Don’t be coy. You know who you are. I’ve read your statuses:
Don’t be offended. Don’t take this personally. Just simplifying my life.
And then we all have to sit there and wonder if, when the page is refreshed, we’ve survived the cut. It’s a lot of pressure and, truth be told, feels a little Mean Girls to me. You’re better than this.”
I use Facebook for real life friends and family who I want to keep in touch but may not see on a regular basis. I’ve been unfriended by a couple of old school friends who seem to have hundreds of friends but hey, we’re all grown ups; friendships can change over the years.
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Agreed. I don’t understand the hundreds of friends thing…
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I don’t think anyone has actually unfriended me on FB, but I suspect some have “hidden” me because all of a sudden they seem to stop posting anything at all. “Hiding” someone is a bit cruel because that person has no idea why people have suddenly disappeared from the FB feed.
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I hadn’t really thought of it that way. I’ve hidden one or two people — folks whose posts were raising my blood pressure but we have work connections and I couldn’t deal with any drama over unfriending. Now I wonder if they’re wondering…
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Well, if you see them at work, at least you know they didn’t die and no one told you.
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well, I’m not on Facebook and I’m only here and on Instagram. I can’t unfollow you cuz someone needs to support Gracie.
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And she thanks you for your support. By eating copious amounts of mulch. 😉
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Oh, peeps were doing this years ago! Nothing new, just another drama seeking bid for attention. Why say anything? I used to unfriend people, but except for one case I did it discreetly ~ the only reason I said something then is because this crazy lady was on a tear in my comments attacking everyone who wasn’t a Trump supporter. I felt bad letting her go because she’s old and we had been friends a long time.
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Can’t say I have much patience for the drama seeking bids for attention these days…those decisions about old friendships can be hard. I get it.
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I’ve gotten some of those messages which usually ask for a response from me which I don’t give, but haven’t noticed a reduction in my number of friends. So is this real or just one of those attention threats?
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I haven’t given it much thought but I have a small circle of friends anyway.
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