I won’t lie—I have the habit of unfriending people on Facebook. If I get any “Mafia Wars,” “Farmville,” or other irritating invites, I invoke my blanket rule—unfriend. This also applies to quiz invites. I don’t care which household appliance you are or when you’ll have your first child. Although, if the quiz predicts when you’ll die, I might be interested.
Status updates are a staple of Facebook activity. I wish I could just ignore them, but sometimes they’re simply more interesting than homework. But the “gym/shower/work/call/text” makes me never want to call you again. They’ve already broadcast their day, and frankly, it doesn’t sound like much fun.
Then something knocked me off of my high horse—I was unfriended. And, no, it wasn’t by someone I went to elementary school with—it was by someone I thought was my friend.
Enter the five stages of grief:
Denial. How could I have been unfriended by him? It was impossible and must have been a mistake. Maybe it was another one of the snafus Facebook has been encountering ever since they decided to revamp it.
Anger. Why the hell did that jerk unfriend me? It was uncalled for and childish.
Bargaining. What could I have done to change the outcome of this? Was it something I said or did? I promise I won’t creep anymore—just let him refriend me.
Depression. Life sucks.
Acceptance. Well, fine. If he doesn’t want to be my friend, I obviously don’t need him. I’m nice. I’m witty at times. That loser was lucky I was even friends with him in the first place.
After a summer of hating him, we rekindled our friendship.
I’m not sure where this leaves things now. We’re still not Facebook friends, and if it isn’t Facebook official, it doesn’t count. And I definitely won’t be the one to refriend him. I was the one crushed in the first place. All he has to do is just click that button and amend this horrible situation.
So think carefully about when you decide to unfriend someone. It’s not a decision lightly made. And if your Friend list starts dwindling, maybe it’s time to look in the mirror. Even after this, if you become a fan of not being eaten by bears, I’ll probably reconsider our Facebook friendship.
Direct link to this page: http://orgs.l3.drake.edu/drake-mag/Say-What/Facebook-Unfriended.html
Status updates are a staple of Facebook activity. I wish I could just ignore them, but sometimes they’re simply more interesting than homework. But the “gym/shower/work/call/text” makes me never want to call you again. They’ve already broadcast their day, and frankly, it doesn’t sound like much fun.
Then something knocked me off of my high horse—I was unfriended. And, no, it wasn’t by someone I went to elementary school with—it was by someone I thought was my friend.
Enter the five stages of grief:
Denial. How could I have been unfriended by him? It was impossible and must have been a mistake. Maybe it was another one of the snafus Facebook has been encountering ever since they decided to revamp it.
Anger. Why the hell did that jerk unfriend me? It was uncalled for and childish.
Bargaining. What could I have done to change the outcome of this? Was it something I said or did? I promise I won’t creep anymore—just let him refriend me.
Depression. Life sucks.
Acceptance. Well, fine. If he doesn’t want to be my friend, I obviously don’t need him. I’m nice. I’m witty at times. That loser was lucky I was even friends with him in the first place.
After a summer of hating him, we rekindled our friendship.
I’m not sure where this leaves things now. We’re still not Facebook friends, and if it isn’t Facebook official, it doesn’t count. And I definitely won’t be the one to refriend him. I was the one crushed in the first place. All he has to do is just click that button and amend this horrible situation.
So think carefully about when you decide to unfriend someone. It’s not a decision lightly made. And if your Friend list starts dwindling, maybe it’s time to look in the mirror. Even after this, if you become a fan of not being eaten by bears, I’ll probably reconsider our Facebook friendship.
Direct link to this page: http://orgs.l3.drake.edu/drake-mag/Say-What/Facebook-Unfriended.html