> Even if all it means is they get less emails, who the hell wants to find themselves categorized as acquaintance level D. If the feeling is mutual then that’s

> Even if all it means is they get less emails, who the hell wants to find themselves categorized as acquaintance level D. If the feeling is mutual then that’s completely fine. The only problem is when there’s a mismatch. There might be people who get hurt when they find out that Peter, who they consider to be barely a friend, does in fact not consider them to be a best friend. But that sounds pathological.