Apparently it’s Facebook Defriend Day. A day in which you’re supposed to clean up and polish your Facebook database of friends, kindly releasing those who really aren’t your friends–or those people you really want to mentally screw with.
Will you do this? Probably not. Will I do this? No. Will the 12-18 year old crowd do this? Most likely. And all hell is gonna break loose at school on Monday. I’m sure the most clever of high school boys will use Defriend Day as a way to break up with their girlfriends, and the cattiest of girls will use it to lay it to those “friend” who already possess serious self esteem issues. The potential of Defriend Day is undeniable.
Allow me to argue against “defriending.”
Sure, Facebook walls get a little crowded from time to time, but how else can you keep up with the gossip from sea to shining sea? Or from abroad if you’re the international type? I certainly know I’m able to filter through the bad to get to the good. If you’re just not a fan of the frequent updates, there are settings that allow you to block certain people from your news feed.
C’mon! Is it worth losing a friend, or a perfect stranger, just because they inundate your Facebook with the intelligence of a 6 year old, using words frequently used by 16 year olds, when they are in fact between 26-46 years old? That’s the beauty of “the book,” people! The beauty…of the book.
Honestly. If you’re going to take advantage of Defriend Day, I suggest your do it with some brass. Post something on the friend-not-to-be’s wall, letting them know, “It’s just not working out…” or “We ain’t friends no more, fool…” or “Sorry, I thought you were someone else…” or “Thanks for paying child-support, I’ll leave you alone now…”
Now it’s time to buzz this up on Facebook.
Comments
Numbers
March 6th, 2011 - 5:51:10 PM
Facebook "defriend day" is really supposed to be a way for people to remove anyone who is not personal to oneself. To speak in other words, If I don't know someone on my friends list, I would simply delete the person. One does not need a special day to break up with their girlfriend nor to "use it to lay it to those 'friends' who already possess serious self esteem issues." I'm eighteen-years-old and I can tell you that what you are trying to tell people is just plain wrong. Look at what exactly you're trying to do. You are trying to irrationally attack an event to give people an impetus to clean up their social networking profile. More can be said but I'd rather keep this brief. Ty
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James Sheldon
March 8th, 2011 - 11:42:09 AM
Thanks Ty for your insight. Now let me offer you a slice. It's called ironic humor. As in: Try ditching the cell phone and social networking for a week. I bet you can't do it. Thanks for the SAT words, hoss.
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