Do you review your Facebook friend list?

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Rose65

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I do. Once in a while I get rid of people who never say anything to me and who I can't remember anyhow. Either that or I make them acquaintances and restrict them if it seems too brutal or undiplomatic to get rid.
I'm careful who is peering into my life. Who are you granting that privilege to and is it justified?
 

I'm not very active on Facebook. Haven't posted in ages. A lot of the people are from work who I have no interest in but as long as I work with them, it's in my best interest to accept their friend requests and like something once in awhile. Some of these people I don't even like. That may not sound nice but it's true. Once I quit working, whenever that will be, I'll delete those people.

I'd delete the whole thing but I do follow some animal groups and otherwise.
 
I cut my list a bit when I moved here in 2018 because my lifestyle changed. A lot of the people on my friend list were there due to my blogs. Now I only have 398 friends. I know who they are and have no issues with them. They interact with me often.
 
Does anyone know how to turn off friend suggestion? I don’t know the people listed as friend suggestions.
 
CallMeKate said:
I have mine whittled down to just a few dozen people. I don't use FB for posting, so it really didn't matter, but if/when I do post something, I don't want people I haven't spoken with for a decade to know my business. (I have 42... just went to check. :giggle: )
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That's a nice amount of Facebook friends, similar to me. It astounds me how people frequently have hundreds and even thousands on their list.
 
When someone sends a friend request, I just delete it. When someone comments about lovely I am, besides wanting to hurl, I‘m not sure if I just ignore it or look for a way to block him. It’s not obvious.
 
When I retired, I did a "clean up" because there were many friends that were business acquaintances and not true "friends". I was no longer interested in their posts and their pictures from various conferences.

I have since gone in to further whittle down the number of Friends I have based on whether I truly have a connection with them.
I'm on Facebook maybe once a week, but I was invited to join a group from a company I worked for in the 80's. I was surprised that I connected with so many people I worked with, and one even sent me picture of myself in the 80's that I'd never seen before. It was fun.
 
LoveTulips said:
No friends on FB. I'm only on there for the art/craft groups. And I never accept friend requests. There is no picture of me either on FB.
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A vital point, I no longer have a profile pic of myself. People are encouraged to give way too much information on there - why? It's frankly dangerous. So I literally keep a low profile.
 
seadoug said:
When I retired, I did a "clean up" because there were many friends that were business acquaintances and not true "friends". I was no longer interested in their posts and their pictures from various conferences.

I have since gone in to further whittle down the number of Friends I have based on whether I truly have a connection with them.
I'm on Facebook maybe once a week, but I was invited to join a group from a company I worked for in the 80's. I was surprised that I connected with so many people I worked with, and one even sent me picture of myself in the 80's that I'd never seen before. It was fun.
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Periodic cleanups are vital. Aldo I hardly ever accept new requests without a good reason. I am not interested in being popular for no reason.
 
Rose65 said:
Periodic cleanups are vital. Aldo I hardly ever accept new requests without a good reason. I am not interested in being popular for no reason.
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I often get friend requests from people that have no info viewable to me when I check their profile. NOPE.

I also sometimes notice that people I'm already friends with (Usually females) have changed there settings to the same effect. I understand why they may do that for security - but 'friendship' is a two way street so - NOPE.
 
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