Less Is More: The Facebook Friends Cleanse
March 14, 2011 | Posted by
When I signed up for Facebook nearly seven years ago, I added everyone I knew. Friends were something to collect and the more you had, the cooler you appeared to be. Somewhere between Friend #1 and Friend #587 the novelty wore off, and when Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17th as National Unfriend Day, I jumped at the opportunity to trim my list. Four months later and 345 friends shorter (I'm down to 242!) I haven't regretted the decision yet.
How to do it? From your Home page (the first page you see after you login) click on Friends in the left-hand column, then click on "Edit Friends" at the top. Choose "All Friends" in the drop-down menu, and start x-ing away! Not sure who to ditch? Here are a few examples:
- You have no idea who they are, where you met, or why you're friends.
- The only interaction you have with them is declining their never-ending Farmville requests.
- They haven't changed their profile pic or posted an update in over a year.
- They've recently popped out a kid and the only stuff they post relates to what is going in or coming out of their bundle of joy.
- THEY WRITE THEIR STATUS UPDATES IN ALL CAPS WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!
Would you ever do a "Friends Cleanse"? Who would you ditch? Who would you keep?