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I hate to say, so why don't you remove them from your friend list if you don't care? Why have a stranger on your list? The "met once and I add you to FB" is kin

by yeukhon 10y ago

I hate to say, so why don't you remove them from your friend list if you don't care? Why have a stranger on your list? The "met once and I add you to FB" is kind of weird. I keep my FB to people I have good relationship now and in the past but may be not actively talking to each other. That's okay, because occasionally we would comment on each other's latest update. Have a positive attitude toward using FB.

eknkc 10y ago
Because mostly, I don't care that much at this point. Facebook is "that thing" now. I'm not sure but I guess this was what they encouraged? I remember going to places and meeting people, they'd pull up their phone and add you as facebook friends. And you'd accept. Not anymore though. Also, on the UX front; "unfriend" is a pretty strong word. Just leaves a bad taste when you want to click on it :). And unfollow stuff came out so late that the train had already passed.
- sdoering 10y ago
  I did that regularly. Twice per year I pruned my FB lists. Nowadays I have but 25% of max. friend-count left. That for me works much better. Non the less does FB loose more and more appeal to me. Trivial BS being shoved down my throat is just not valuable to me.
- RichieAHB 10y ago
  I feel like unfollow / hide is perfect for this. I realise that in an ideal world us humans wouldn't click a button and we'd get the prefect endorphin-releasing content 24/7 but at the moment we have to make a bit of a conscious effort and use the tools we are afforded to make the experience better. If you enjoy Facebook and want to keep in contact with "aquaintances" just spend 20 mins unfollowing and you'll find Facebook is a much nicer place!
- agumonkey 10y ago
  This era of massive commoditization of everything is detrimental. Nature put pressure on things, expressing value you cared about. I can't say Fb is useless, some people were able to reconnect, maintain long distance relations ..
  - grayclhn 10y ago
    Let's not glorify "nature's pressure." I kind of prefer having 3 kids that I expect to live to adulthood instead of having 8 as nature intended and playing the odds.
mccolin 10y ago
This. I keep my friends list neat by taking a look at today's birthdays. When Facebook asks me to write something on a person's wall for their birthday, I can make a quick decision on how important that friendship is to me. For those I don't feel a need to keep around, I unfriend (or perhaps just unsubscribe/hide) them. It's nice because I don't have to embark on some great friend list culling as a major event, but I do get to trim the list with some frequency.

by yeukhon 10y ago

eknkc 10y ago

Because mostly, I don't care that much at this point. Facebook is "that thing" now. I'm not sure but I guess this was what they encouraged? I remember going to places and meeting people, they'd pull up their phone and add you as facebook friends. And you'd accept. Not anymore though. Also, on the UX front; "unfriend" is a pretty strong word. Just leaves a bad taste when you want to click on it :). And unfollow stuff came out so late that the train had already passed.

sdoering 10y ago
I did that regularly. Twice per year I pruned my FB lists. Nowadays I have but 25% of max. friend-count left. That for me works much better. Non the less does FB loose more and more appeal to me. Trivial BS being shoved down my throat is just not valuable to me.
RichieAHB 10y ago
I feel like unfollow / hide is perfect for this. I realise that in an ideal world us humans wouldn't click a button and we'd get the prefect endorphin-releasing content 24/7 but at the moment we have to make a bit of a conscious effort and use the tools we are afforded to make the experience better. If you enjoy Facebook and want to keep in contact with "aquaintances" just spend 20 mins unfollowing and you'll find Facebook is a much nicer place!
agumonkey 10y ago
This era of massive commoditization of everything is detrimental. Nature put pressure on things, expressing value you cared about. I can't say Fb is useless, some people were able to reconnect, maintain long distance relations ..
- grayclhn 10y ago
  Let's not glorify "nature's pressure." I kind of prefer having 3 kids that I expect to live to adulthood instead of having 8 as nature intended and playing the odds.

mccolin 10y ago

This. I keep my friends list neat by taking a look at today's birthdays. When Facebook asks me to write something on a person's wall for their birthday, I can make a quick decision on how important that friendship is to me. For those I don't feel a need to keep around, I unfriend (or perhaps just unsubscribe/hide) them. It's nice because I don't have to embark on some great friend list culling as a major event, but I do get to trim the list with some frequency.