The delicate art of Facebook defriending

By Emily Van Zandt | January 13, 2010 | 4

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K-os posted a comment 2 years ago

Even better, here is how to delete your Facebook account :)

https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

Woody posted a comment 2 years ago

damn, i only have 190 friends.... below average... statistically, im a loser :)

d3aj posted a comment 2 years ago

I'm a big fan of routinely purging people I feel don't make the cut, even though I'm pretty selective about who I add in the first place. I disagree that family, exes and co-workers should get a pass.

One group that you missed that can fit under any of those are the lurkers. People that seem to never update their status, or actually do anything on Facebook, can be the worst ones to have on there. After a while you forget they're even on there, until you're talking to them and go to tell them what's going on in your life and they know all too well. It's creepy when they don't acknowledge that they're monitoring you that closely.

I might be biased, of course. I added someone from work that never updated anything and forgot he was on there. When I made a work-related status update, he made a complaint and I came under fire from my boss. He got the axe along with anyone else from work that I didn't socialize with after hours, any extended family that I don't stay in touch with, and pretty much anyone that I wouldn't go out of my way to catch up with in real life.

Luke posted a comment 2 years ago

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