I Lost A Friend On Facebook Today…

Ok, so if you’re reading this you’ve probably seen my rant about facebook from earlier this year.

Funnily, I seem to have leveled off for a while now at about 520 friends or so.  Today I logged in to check a message from a friend of mine (someone I actually see from time to time) and I noticed my friend count had dipped below 520.

What!   Only 519 friends?  Jeez…

I had this strange feeling come over me…I really wanted to know who it was.  I dunno why.

But guess what?  I thought about it for a minute and came to the conclusion that it had to be only one of two kinds of people.

1. A “friend” from a previous employer who no longer needs me as a reference, and couldn’t care less about my Parker Anne videos; or
2. An ex-girlfriend, probably one that I added (as opposed to the other way around), with whom I really didn’t have any status at all but was merely curious to see how her life was unfolding.

I thought about it, and realized I had whacked all the people in category one a long time ago, and so it must be category two.  Sure enough, I became “friends” with an ex (though we never exchanged any pleasantries since befriending) last month.  So…I searched through my friends, and she was gone!

FINALLY.  Facebook is starting to become real, at least in this case.  And you know what?  I APPLAUD her (she is still on facebook, just not friends with me) for actually thinking “You know, is there REALLY any reason I should be friends with this guy?”  And the answer, at least in her case, turns out to be “no.”  Way to go girl!

I mean, who wants to be friends with someone who’s so concerned with their friend count, anyway?

I love it.