Now that Jimmy Kimmel has declared November 17th "National Unfriend Day," we're all taking a closer look at those 400+ Facebook friends.
The man has a point.
Facebook makes it too easy to hold onto irrelevant, obsolete or even irritating attachments.
Do you really need to be in touch with people you barely knew (or liked) in high school? If you didn't know how many virtual goats they'd raised or what their kids had for lunch, would you be missing anything?
And somewhere out there, someone might be thinking the exact same thing about you! If you want a chance at surviving the November 17th culling, you might want to steer clear of some annoying behaviors.
Here are five surefire ways to get unfriended on Facebook.
1) Exposing your friend's vices
Your friend might smoke openly outside Molly McGees on a Friday night, but that doesn't mean they want their mother, spouse, or even their employer to know about it. Comments like "I can't believe you managed to get home after that last whiskey sour!" or "Sorry for bumming your smokes all night," could get your friend in trouble at home or at work. It's always best to practice discretion when it comes to people's extracurricular activities - especially on Facebook.
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2) Oversharing
People tend to forget that their friend list is as dynamic as the life they lead. Keep that in mind when you're about to share something you wouldn't tell your cousin or coworker in a face-to-face setting. Very few people want to see pictures from your ultrasound. And I can't think of anyone who wants to hear about your sexcapades.
3) Hating on everyone and everything
We all have at least one friend like this. Her status isn't so much an update as it is a forum for some free - and very public - anger management therapy. She can never wait for this day to be over. She just can't bu-lieve Subway put mayo on her sandwich. She hates it when women bring their kids to the mall/babies cry on airplanes/people don't clean up after their dogs.
No one wants to spend time with a Negative Nancy, so why would they want one huffing and puffing all over their news feed?
4) Passive aggressive status updates
These updates almost always include the word "you." "You continue to disappoint me." "You won't ever REALLY get it." "How come you have time to update your status, but you never call me back?"
When you post updates like this, every single one of your friends will entertain the idea that it's directed at them. Not nice. Be a grown up and send a passive aggressive text message instead.
5) A breakup
Even when it's not your own. If your best friend has just gone through a messy break-up, don't be surprised if you no longer see her ex-boyfriend in your friend list. And it's not always about taking sides or being guilty by association. The poor guy might not want to see pictures of his former flame doing body shots with her new friends in Cancun. Can you really blame him?
Check out the last five ways to get unfriended on Facebook!
By Tania Khadder for Excelle
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