Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Your Friend is Just Not that into You

De-friended. Yep. That's right.

Are you wondering what in the world I'm talking about? In the social network, Facebook, your goal is to find your friends and add them to your friends list. It's easy, this is how it works.

To add a friend, just use Facebook Search to find people you know and then click on the "Add as Friend" button on the right side of the page. A friend request will be sent to that person. Once they confirm that they actually are friends with you, they will show up on your Friends List.

Well, I recently found out it was equally as easy to be "de-friended." Unlike a notification you receive when someone wants to become your friend, there's no notification. So how do you know? You begin to realize that you haven't seen any of their recent status updates. And when you do a search to find them, they once again say, "Add as Friend."

I'm not sure how I feel about being de-friended.

3 comments:

  1. Harsh. Kind of weird, if you think about it. Someone actually goes out of their way to take you off their friends list. The reason is "Why?" Were they tired of your status updates, tired of your lifestyle, tired of What? Complicated, complicated. As for me, I am tired and bored with FB.
    Take care,

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  2. Yes, it feels very weird. Someone proactively makes the effort to de-friend you. It's just one more way you can be rejected.

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  3. Well, put a smile on your face and don't feel rejected :)

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