Comments on: Why would you “unfriend” someone on Facebook?

By: Anne Olsson

Anne Olsson — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:31:47 +0000

I unfriended a girl because we went on a date, after that things went awkward between us. I noticed she avoided me at the fitnesscenter we go to. Didn’t bother to get any explanation..

By: Brit

Brit — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:29:52 +0000

I’ve unfriended people because their facebook profile pictures were strange and not real people, their pictures were of insignias or characters or pets (no person in it). If I’m good friends with them I don’t care, but if I don’t know them well off they go. I rarely delete people with pictures of pets but if that is the only pic I’ve seen them have, it’s odd, ya know?

I’ve also unfriended people because their posts are very political or on controversial topics.

I’ve unfriended people who I just accepted a friend request from, because when I saw their profile and posts, they looked like people I wouldn’t associate with.

I cleaned up my profile of businesses that just posted ads and nothing else. I have no more of them!

Anyway I think some people may have unfriended me because I am inactive. (5 or 6?) I haven’t posted a wall post in months. It’s just very boring to me, like twitter or something. I used to message people daily but during the last month I’ve hardly logged in, maybe just twice. I’m just too busy with real life and talkng online has never really interested me anyway(I talk to many people in person, why do I need some website?). I have too many friends (750 of them) to know who has deleted me. It’s either inactivity or just fall cleaning (haha). That’s all I can think of anyway!

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:29:45 +0000

i found out one of my Facebook “friends” was arrested for burglary. The reason why I found out is all of a sudden his posts stopped. I was concerned, so I googled him. He wasn’t posting because he was in jail! And I had met this person years ago. He knows where I live. It creeps me out!

Also, I’ve gotten rid of people I added who were friends of friends and only used Facebook to write sermons…never tried to send messages or get to know me. It was all about creating an online church for him to preach at, I guess.

Blocked some people from work that were just nosy and I couldn’t trust.

But, I don’t understand why someone would want to unfriend someone just because they like their posts and make comments. I’m likely to do just the opposite. I’m more likely to unfriend someone for inactivity versus commenting and liking…unless their comments were inappropriate. I want people to comment and like!

By: KJ

KJ — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:24:04 +0000

I unfriended him because I liked him. He was too good-looking for me. My lifestyle/job doesn’t “jibe” with his. I left him a kind message explaining. He probably didn’t even bother to have it translated into English, though he understands some. I’m 110% certain he isn’t interested in getting to know me. We’re too far from each other, also. I’m wasting his time. He’s Muslim, too. I miss him but I feel better getting to get out of there first.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:58:03 +0000

It’s frustrating when you get along fine with someone in person, however on facebook they will drive you crazy.
I deleted a friend from constantly “liking” my comments and status updates and constantly making comments on my posts.

Other people who can drive you mad are those who constantly brag about their fantastic lives e.g. Here’s me winning the 500 mile marathon, here are my super expensive diamonds that I got from my super hot boyfriend for my birthday, here’s another picture of my super perfect house with the perfect views… that’s when the delete button is really useful

By: Caity

Caity — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:54:41 +0000

I have unfriended only two people in my Facebook “life” if you will. The first was a boy younger than me, who was just interested in being friends, then suddenly up and decides he’s head over heels in love with me and completely stalks me not only on Facebook but somehow got my phone number as well. I blocked him on both. The other was a friend of my friend whom added me, and after about two days of knowing each other decides he’s completely depressed and wants to talk to me every waking moment. Then, because I stopped responding, went and liked EVERY SINGLE THING I’VE EVER DONE ON FACEBOOK. He went to far. I had to unfriend him.

By: Le Do Hoang Long

Le Do Hoang Long — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:59:00 +0000

I think un-friending a person you don’t like is reasonable. But if possible, I think giving them an explanation will be better. At least in case of Riley, you can simply leave her a message. It’s better than nothing. She’s still young, right?

Yeah, it’s like nowadays, friends aren’t hard to find, there are plenty of them. So that people just don’t like to understand people with different view of life.

By: Riley Rig

Riley Rig — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:08:15 +0000

I am seriously thinking about unfriending someone because our friendship has become totally one-sided: she comments on pretty much every update I make or photo I post and it’s getting realllly old. I have been ignoring her phone calls, texts and comments for a couple of years now and only occasionally do I respond, purely out of politeness, not because I really want any interaction with her. I feel bad about it because I’m a 30-year-old woman but she’s a just a teenager who is very-slightly-mentally-impaired and has always looked up to me. But I just can’t take the constant nagging anymore – she wants to hang out but I don’t have the time and really live too far away anyway. I know, I’m a huge jerk.

By: Charles Siler

Charles Siler — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:18:18 +0000

I met a nice woman on a blind date, same age, interest, attractiveness…everything looked perfect. Then came a conversation about what we would do if we got into a serious relationship, we butted heads, so I said we should slow it down. She flipped. Now she is depressed, writing all types of crazy comments on her page (I know they are directed at me) we’ve know each other 2 weeks. She is showing to have a personality disorder-I cant stop checking her page, it gets worse and worse everyday. She must be unfriended before she drags me into that drama and throws my whole life off balance. And, I really like her too

By: brooks

brooks — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:32:05 +0000

I am going to unfriend a gal who I picked up somehow but have no idea how she got on my list of friends. I must have sent her an invitation but don’t know what to say to her as I don’t know where she came from. I have asked her point blank with no answer so she’s going to find herself unfriended and I’m not going to feel badly since I gave her a chance.