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Liberals more likely to unfriend you over politics
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I rarely defriend people on Facebook for anything other than pruning reasons, but it certainly has happened. Someone once "liked" Glenn Beck's page and I was like "Nope, you're gone!" There are some people you just don't want to be associated with, y'know?
I defriended someone else because all she would do was complain about being single every day. It got rather tiring.
I know I've been defriended for my political/social status updates and I'm totally fine with that.
I defriended someone else because all she would do was complain about being single every day. It got rather tiring.
I know I've been defriended for my political/social status updates and I'm totally fine with that.
I only have FB to play Dragon City, so I wasn't choosy about who I'd "friend". Then, I discovered some of the people were posting racist, bigoted and hateful photos and videos. Those people had to go. I can disagree with you politically, my own brother is one of them and we are very close.
About me: I must react to bullying or hate speech. I say my part then, for me, it's done. Others cannot let it go, so they have to go.
I've had a FB problem with muslims trying to convert me from Christianity, as well. Call it whatever you want, but it got to the point that if you write in Arabic or your name is Muhammed, I won't be adding you to my FB. I'm not talking about someone who tells me about their faith... I have my own faith. Spamming, however, or abusive posting was becoming rampant. I had to take drastic action. I am only there to play ONE GAME.
About me: I must react to bullying or hate speech. I say my part then, for me, it's done. Others cannot let it go, so they have to go.
I've had a FB problem with muslims trying to convert me from Christianity, as well. Call it whatever you want, but it got to the point that if you write in Arabic or your name is Muhammed, I won't be adding you to my FB. I'm not talking about someone who tells me about their faith... I have my own faith. Spamming, however, or abusive posting was becoming rampant. I had to take drastic action. I am only there to play ONE GAME.
I don't recall unfriending someone on facebook over political views and I have conservative friends (so they're not likely to have an echo chamber since they have me!). That's all I can really say, dunno.
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I'm fairly likely to hide the posts of someone who consistently posts a lot of partisan or strongly ideological content whether I agree with it or not, just because the main reason for being on Facebook for me is social relaxation (of a sort). I don't want to engage a lot on religion, politics or conspiratorial wackiness. I get almost as tired of seeing people I agree with preaching at me in the morning as I do those whose positions repel me.
I'm not nearly so likely to unfriend someone for political posts, but if I do it's probably going to be someone whose opinions offend me rather than just because they're so relentlessly political.
Why do conservatives do it less? The opposite of the "echo chamber," I think - despite the generally conservative bent of Americans, our entertainment and other mass media are for the most part far to the left of most folks who self-identify as "conservative." For that reason, though conservatives enjoy having their Limbaugh/Fox echo chamber to retreat to they're far more accustomed to being exposed on a continual basis to opinions and attitudes that annoy the fuck out of them and frankly may have somewhat thicker skins as a result.
I'm not nearly so likely to unfriend someone for political posts, but if I do it's probably going to be someone whose opinions offend me rather than just because they're so relentlessly political.
Why do conservatives do it less? The opposite of the "echo chamber," I think - despite the generally conservative bent of Americans, our entertainment and other mass media are for the most part far to the left of most folks who self-identify as "conservative." For that reason, though conservatives enjoy having their Limbaugh/Fox echo chamber to retreat to they're far more accustomed to being exposed on a continual basis to opinions and attitudes that annoy the fuck out of them and frankly may have somewhat thicker skins as a result.
Same here. Thankfully, my friends mostly use Facebook in exactly the same way (if they use it at all).
I feel the same way. I don't particularly enjoy reading political rants of any type, so I will hide those types of posts, even if I agree with them. I see Facebook in the same way I would see my workplace - don't discuss politics, religion, or anything else that could offend. I in fact do have many coworkers and family members on Facebook, so I want to avoid bringing up controversial topics if possible. When others bring them up I find it uncomfortable and hide the posts.
I've never unfriended someone for it though. If that's all they were interested in posting, I likely wouldn't have friended them to begin with.
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Don't just narwhal, but instead narwhy?
^ You just blew my mind.
To the best of my recollection, I've un-friended exactly two people on Facebook, neither over politics.
One was someone who used to post here and who sent me a friend request shortly after I joined Facebook; person turned out to be disturbingly weird and a seriously creepy individual.
Other person was one of a list of suggested friends to whom I sent a friend request which went unanswered for something like two years; person finally friended back, promptly changed the name on the account and began bombarding me with game-app invites. Boom.
There are some people on my friends list for whom I've turned down the volume a bit. (Sorry, but I just can't manage to give a flying Froot-Loop about what your sportsball team did today and no, I really don't want to hear about it at length, thank you very much. Plus, I get completely worn out by folks who have major drama going on All. The fucking. Time. Seriously, it's exhausting.) The only people I've ever blocked on FB were friends of friends (or more distant) who A) only posted ignorant and offensive material or B) were just always raging assholes.
If I've ever been un-friended by anyone for any reason, I never knew it.
One was someone who used to post here and who sent me a friend request shortly after I joined Facebook; person turned out to be disturbingly weird and a seriously creepy individual.
Other person was one of a list of suggested friends to whom I sent a friend request which went unanswered for something like two years; person finally friended back, promptly changed the name on the account and began bombarding me with game-app invites. Boom.
There are some people on my friends list for whom I've turned down the volume a bit. (Sorry, but I just can't manage to give a flying Froot-Loop about what your sportsball team did today and no, I really don't want to hear about it at length, thank you very much. Plus, I get completely worn out by folks who have major drama going on All. The fucking. Time. Seriously, it's exhausting.) The only people I've ever blocked on FB were friends of friends (or more distant) who A) only posted ignorant and offensive material or B) were just always raging assholes.
If I've ever been un-friended by anyone for any reason, I never knew it.
I don't unfriend people, I just block them from my newsfeed. I do this with anyone who is chronically obnoxious, so it includes a lot of political activists of either polarization, as well as religious and anti-religious militants.
In response to the OP, my guess is it's because liberals are more idealistic whereas conservatives expect to be disappointed in your behavior, anyway.
In response to the OP, my guess is it's because liberals are more idealistic whereas conservatives expect to be disappointed in your behavior, anyway.
Aww, c'mon... I'm not that bad... am I?
I've never unfriended anyone. Everybody on my list is someone I've known for a long time, either in real life or online. The only ones who are likely to say anything racist, sexist, or otherwise goofy are my relatives and I've already been tolerating them for fifty years. 
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And I am a narwhal. Goo goo g'joob.
Every so often I'd go through my friends list and delete people I hadn't talked to/interacted with in YEARS. Or, if their name had changed and I looked at their picture and had no idea who they were, they were gone. Otherwise I just hide any views that get annoying - and it takes a while for me to get that point.
I've been actively unfriended twice - once by a poster here and by a formerly close friend.
The TBBS unfriending came after the Penn State scandal broke. She'd posted 'Fuck Penn State and Fuck Penn State students' and as a former Penn State student I responded that it's easy to sit back and judge when you aren't close to the situation. She interpreted that as I was a horrible person who supported child abuse, and that was that.
The second time was by my bipolar friend. In the midst of an episode she completely f'd up her relationship with me and another friend. After three months of not-speaking drama and a few overtures on my part to reconcile (which she ignored) I did something that she found de-friend and block-worthy. I sent a card she'd sent me about 6 months earlier back. It said "I hope we're friends until we die," which struck me as ironic considering how she'd rebuffed several attempts on my part to work things out.
The greatest thing about this whole friend-break-up is that I *still* have no idea what it was actually over. She just stopped talking to everyone, turning her back on us at the climbing gym, etc. Then she reconciled with half of the group but continued to ignore two of us. Bah.
I've been actively unfriended twice - once by a poster here and by a formerly close friend.
The TBBS unfriending came after the Penn State scandal broke. She'd posted 'Fuck Penn State and Fuck Penn State students' and as a former Penn State student I responded that it's easy to sit back and judge when you aren't close to the situation. She interpreted that as I was a horrible person who supported child abuse, and that was that.
The second time was by my bipolar friend. In the midst of an episode she completely f'd up her relationship with me and another friend. After three months of not-speaking drama and a few overtures on my part to reconcile (which she ignored) I did something that she found de-friend and block-worthy. I sent a card she'd sent me about 6 months earlier back. It said "I hope we're friends until we die," which struck me as ironic considering how she'd rebuffed several attempts on my part to work things out.
The greatest thing about this whole friend-break-up is that I *still* have no idea what it was actually over. She just stopped talking to everyone, turning her back on us at the climbing gym, etc. Then she reconciled with half of the group but continued to ignore two of us. Bah.
Reading all this I feel I should try harder to be unfriending worthy.
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