This was asked on a radio show this morning. Do you "unfriend" people or "unfollow" people?

I unfollow. When you unfollow they can still see your posts, but you can't see theirs.

When you unfriend, they don't get a notification (I thought they did), and you disappear from their friends list.

I dunno. I unfriended someone, and IMMEDIATELY got asked why, or she said "please don't". She's the only person I ever unfriended. I think there might be an app that tells you when someone unfriends you. It's possible.

This person was appointed on a national level, and I love her, but didn't want to hear about it ever again, not because of her, but because of the appointer's feelings on disabled people. She got unappointed (no surprise there, since she had some sanity about her ). But I've yet to find out how she feels about it. She was appointed to do something for disabled people. So I REALLY didn't understand why she accepted it.

My point? She had reasons to track friends on Facebook. Others could too.

https://earthweb.com/how-to-know-if-someone-unfollowed-you-on-facebook/

It takes more work than I'm willing to put into it, but yes you can apparently figure out who has unfollowed you on Facebook.

(ETA to add that Rob is correct, there are apps you can install which will tell you if someone has unfriended you on Facebook. Again, more work than I will ever put into the process....but apparently some people really care about that stuff...)

I just needed a break and snooze was not working. They followed up with a few people to find out I had done it with a few people other than them. I'm seriously considering deleting the account except I want to keep a few things. I don't have patience for it all.

I don't know. I guess I'm too thick-skinned to be able to relate to needing to take a break from something some people write on a social media site. If I disagree with something I may comment and if it's not worth it to me I just scroll on by. When people post absolutely ridiculous theories or ideas that I disagree with I don't even bother with it at all. I just shrug it off as you can't fix stupid. If people post silly crap that adds clutter to my wall I just delete it immediately. Move on, life's too short.

This reminds me, I got a friend request a couple of months ago from a man I don't know. I looked at his profile, mostly selfies (smh) and he lives in LA. Just for kicks and giggles I accepted his request.

He immediately started mssging me, the first thing he said is "I like your name." I thanked him and said it is........ (I don't use my real name). Then he asked where I'm from I said Ont. Cda and he said, No where you are now. Again I told him. Couple messages back and forth and I asked why he asked for a friend request, was he just throwing s*t at the wall to see what sticks? Anyway that was the end of that. LOL

Also, another guy friended me and got mad when he found out I don't use my real name. Called me a liar and all kinds of beauties. I know lots of hilarious names of people on FB, it's hardly the CRA or IRS. Who cares. Chris P Bacon is a friend (Love that one), Clem Cladillahopper. Remember that name? The list goes on.

🙄 Some people. Jas, you deserve far far better.

Ally de: YES! There’s a lot of stuff I don’t like. My sister-in-law posts a frothy flowery Good Morning meme every day. (Gag me with a spoon.) My cousin posts endless random cute puppy pictures. My sister posts self-help inspirational memes re: divorce. My SPOUSE was posting semi-rude inflammatory political memes. I snoozed them all, even my spouse. (He finally stopped posting that stuff.)

Sure, they have the right to post those things. And I have the right to not see them.

I like seeing my neighbors’ kids pictures. My friend’s vacation pictures. And I LOVE posts on several local history FB groups. I really like reading about, and seeing pictures of, the history of the community in which I live. I also enjoy several Missouri nature/gardening/birding FB groups. I learn so much.

I know who is not followng me because I see them commenting on my friend's posts and never on mine. Much of the time it is because when they accept a friend request they don't click the follow button. Usually they don't see the posts because they are not following me. I would love some of those friends comment on my posts but I am not going to ask them to follow me. i usually snooze or unfollow people during US elections.

I do not think I have followed any site but something I have noticed is that people that I unfriended sometimes show up on my friends list months later. I will also receive random postings from people that I have unfriended mostly to shorten my list as if they still have me on their friends list.

There are some people who actively look at other people's friend list to see if there is someone that they might like to connect with. I will admit I have looked at my listing to see who our mutual friends are.

I don't do facebook much, at least not with my real life friends. I opened a fake account and a couple of my friends insisted on being able to message me via FB, so I am their "friend" with my fake name. If you want to close your account, just delete it and open one in a fake name and only let the few people you really want to stay connected with know your new name. I never post anything on my page, ever, but I've joined a few groups (like Starlink) to get info or a few bird photo groups so I can see the incredible bird pics people take. I think I have all the settings set so no one can see what I am doing and I see nothing that they are doing on FB.

I was the one that asked about the snooze option being gone and YES, it is now back. I feel that snooze for 30 days is a tool on FB that I cannot live without IF I'm going to stay on FB. I think that a lot of people just get hundreds of friends and then unfollow only the best because if they didn't their newsfeed would be full of clutter and nonsense! I'm not sure how anyone would realize that they had been unfollowed? I only have a handful of friends on FB so I just like to snooze some of them if they post nonstop or post things that are of no interest. For instance, I have a cousin that posts nonstop about hunting and fishing and this is something I'd rather not see. I just snooze him.

I've started a second Facebook page and am moving family there. I have a few contacts I need to keep on the other page so I can honestly say my new page is just for family. I have to admit I'm a bit upset for being outed. I really was trying to be nice.