This article only considered the point of view of the person being unfriended. There are very good reasons to keep unfriending secret on the side of the unfrie

This article only considered the point of view of the person being unfriended. There are very good reasons to keep unfriending secret on the side of the unfriend-er. Lack of secrecy will make people less willing to unfriend because of social embarrassment or other reasons. This is a bad thing as people will end up leaking personal info because of awkwardness. Imagine an old school friend is stalking you. Conventional advice is not to interact with a stalker but to ignore them. Unfriending makes sense but if does/could send a message to the stalker could make a situation worse.