Unfriend someone of facebook - will they be notified?

System

Patchwork_Girl wrote: »

You can choose not to see their posts any more (I've done this with relatives who are into Herbalife or similar and selling all the time). Choose 'I don't want to see posts' (or something) from the drop down menu at the top right corner of the posts and they'll stop appearing on your timeline but you'll still be friends.

But no, they will not be notified if you unfriend them.

This pretty much sums up my thoughts.

I came off Facebook about 12 months ago. One of my best decisions as you actually find out who your true mates are :T

onlyroz

I've unfollowed a number of relatives who fill their newsfeeds with boring drivel.

As a result I missed the fact that my niece is pregnant, but it's a small price to pay for reducing the amount of rubbish I have to wade through.

barbarawright

Another option is to set them as an Acquaintance and set all your posts to Friends Only. So they won't see your feed any longer. That's my passive-aggessive solution to boring FB friends

Jagraf

I have 6 friends on Facebook due to the fact a friend of mine set up my account yonks ago and included my bezzie mates. I never post anything. The odd time I've gone on their searching for long lost primary school friends it just depressed me - I don't thank it was facebook envy I think I was disappointed at what drivel people post.

I tried telling my DD that she shouldn't lead life according to what will be put on Facebook but I don't think she's mature enough to understand yet.

It has its place I suppose.

barbarawright

Jagraf wrote: »

I have 6 friends on Facebook due to the fact a friend of mine set up my account yonks ago and included my bezzie mates. I never post anything. The odd time I've gone on their searching for long lost primary school friends it just depressed me - I don't thank it was facebook envy I think I was disappointed at what drivel people post.

I tried telling my DD that she shouldn't lead life according to what will be put on Facebook but I don't think she's mature enough to understand yet.

It has its place I suppose.

My FB experience is almost entirely positive. i join in the conversations I find interesting - about books, films, tv, travel etc - and ignore the ones I find dull. I've made loads of friends through my other friends and through joining various groups and I can honestly say it's enhanced my life. But like any other social activity, you have to put something in to get anything out of it

Piggywiggy

You can unfriend them, they won't be notified but if they visit your profile they will see that you are no longer friends and realise you have removed them, on the other hand you can hide posts from them, so you will stay friend but won't have their posts come up on your newsfeed.

Gra76

Defriending didn't work for me. I decided to 'defriend' every last person on my friends list and start again following a so-called 'friend' taking exception to something I put on my timeline and he started a hate campaign against me getting his 'friends' to send me abuse. I couldn't be bothered with it so figured I'd start from scratch and see how long it took people to notice.

Within a week my family were sending me abuse for deleting them from FB. It seems that they aren't capable of keeping up to date with me unless it's through online social media. When I mentioned that I still had a home phone, email address and a mobile number they said they'd rather contact me on FB than come and see me or contact me through other mediums.

silvercar

Overheard:

A: you didn't tell me "some drivel"
B: it was on facebook
A: didn't see
B: Like you seriously expect me to tell people stuff when they can see it on facebook, I mean like really? Seriously? Like you want me to What's App what I've already put on facebook? Like, Are you for real!

jaylee3

silvercar wrote: »

I found out my ex-neighbour had defriended me because I didn't invite her to my house warming party in my new house. I didn't realise she had been offended until mutual friends were talking about some rubbish she had put on facebook and I realised I couldn't see it.

Urgh people discussing other people in a negative manner, and gossiping on facebook is so unclassy and vulgar; only the worst people I know do it! :rotfl:

Yes! Unfollow them, so they are still on your 'friends' list but you don't have to see their daily drivel!

his_missus

I just "unfollow" people so I can't see their posts and I choose "custom" rather than "friends" under 'who can see my post?' when I post a status so I can control who sees what. I think you only have to change it once and it stays custom until you amend it.


it is easier than all the "Have you unfriended me/X/Y?" palaver.