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Study: Why People Unfriended On Facebook

Posted By: Desi Jedeikin on 12.21.11

You know that horrible feeling you get when your Facebook friend number has dropped? All the paranoid thoughts that run through your brain... Wait I know I was at 400 last night, normally I don't pay attention to such trivial things but because it was such an even number I noticed...oh god WHAT happened?? I hope it wasn't some a-hole I was considering unfriending? No... he's still there? Who was it?? Was it something I did? WAS IT SOMETHING I DID???

Yes, yes it was something you did. You were annoying and offensive in some way. Join the club.

A new study by NM Incite has broken down all the reason we friend and unfriend, in case we didn't already know why... I guess? Here's a looksie at the data:

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The number one reason is no surprise--- offensive comments. The number two reason is 'don't know well'. Seems to me if you're constantly friending people you don't know well, you're running a pretty big risk that they might be posting offensive comments. Just saying. I personally friend people because they make offensive comments. It's like having my own personal failbook blog.

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Another popular reason to unfriend is because someone's trying to 'sell you something'. Yeah these people make me angry and sad at the same time, so I'd have to agree with this one. I don't wanna buy your vegan make-up/ see your unfunny improv group, The Chuckle Factory/ or see the band you put together with your half-brother and his girlfriend. Although that show would probably be funnier than anything the Chuckle Factory could whip up on the spot.

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Other reasons for dumping someone include updating too much, not updating enough (WHAT IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF UPDATING!?!?), you don't like their friends (HOLLA!) and my personal favorite--depressing comments. Is it sad that as a society we answer these cries for help with an unfriending? No, no it isn't.

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So there are lots of specific reasons why we unfriend but basically it boils down to this:

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I think I'll send this card from now on so people I unfriend don't have to suffer the utter hopelessness of not knowing why. That'll help lessen the sting.

Why do you unfriend someone? Let me know @desijedeikin or in the comments below!

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Tags: facebook, study, unfriend

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16 Comments

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iseedeadpeople1412

20 weeks ago

-posting stupid quotes every 5 minutes
-post status with all the smileys and emoticons (including the japanese ones) that you can think of in ONE status
-lovey-dovey fags on my news feed

but I just usually HIDE most of them. I

jana.smash

22 weeks ago

ups I ment they didn´t DESERVED my friendship and I wrote RESERVED 0.o sorry my english is sometimes......in a dumpster^^

jana.smash

22 weeks ago

hehe... nowadays I´m not on facebook anymore^^ but I had do unfriend some people cos`they didn´t reserved my friendship -.- in reality they never came to me but on facebook they did and I find that there are special people must show how brilliant they are and how happy and perfect their life is or they mention a thousand times again how poor they are o.O now I´m not there anymore and I don´t miss it!

skullchickia

22 weeks ago

I block people all the time for posting their drama >.> its like they think im a therapist

IanAnthonyLover

22 weeks ago

Haha, it's so stupid "Every1 hates me, blah, blah, blah" then someone asks "what's wrong?" and then ... "Nothin.... ):" Seriously?! O_o

toxicgummibear22

22 weeks ago

someone that i don't know very well, I'll either choose to keep or delete them on how they interact with me and what kind of comments they post

toxicgummibear22

22 weeks ago

I unfriend people because, I don't like to have a lot of friends, I usually like to keep it under 300 because I sometimes post really personal stuff and I don't want everyone knowing about it, it rarely happens but I just get these moments of weakness and I post something I shouldn't have because I want that person to know I needed to say something to them but indirectly, yeah it's stupid but the statistics are right, I'm always upset when I find out someone unfriending me, so if i know I added

xXLilRedXx

22 weeks ago

I unfriend creepers who say they wanna fuck me sooooo hard -_-

Greenbeans51

22 weeks ago

Another reason to delte = TOO MUCH interaction.like i cant go on facebook for a moment without them just popping up "hi"

Niulinka

22 weeks ago

People from my school blocked me because they bully me. F*ck them all, I'd rather use twitter.

iGetBored.T_T

22 weeks ago

I unfriend people because of their drama, doting over bfs, and because they're idiots. We get it, you hate your boyfriend, shut up. We get it, you love your boyfriend, shut up. >.< I once friended a person who went to school but moved away. Idiot couldn't even spell "the."