Facebook

[BikeDutchess]

There is one particular person I have unfriended about 5 times. Unfortunately, we have something like 60 friends in common, so whenever he sees my posts/comments/etc. on our mutual friends walls, he friend requests me again. Facebook probably keeps re-suggesting me to him as well, since we have so many friends in common. Initially I would accept, wait a few days, and then erase him again, but now I have left him permanently in "request" limbo.

Why don't you just block this person permanently so he cannot contact you again? I've done that with some folks who tried to friend me repeatedly just because we have the same last name.

Blocking someone on Facebook

[Kiwi Stoker]

DH has just finished job hunting and LinkedIn seems to be the way to go career wise. Actually got contacted by recuritment companies from LinkedIn. Best to keep things very seperate. FB for friends and family and LinkedIn for business. And my personal rule- only post about nice stuff about what I have personally done and no opinions.

That way I don't cause any issues. Not worth it as I have aetheist and ultra Christian friends who are always posting about their beliefs.

[jessmarimba]

Eh. Mostly because I do run into the guy in person on occasion (the world we teach in is fairly small). And I don't particularly dislike him as a person, he's just sort of obnoxious and socially inept...especially in an arena where a lot of social clues are missing. I mostly don't want him posting on my stuff on facebook because he tends to start arguments with people who don't already know him without even trying. Similar to my Dad.

Why don't you just block this person permanently so he cannot contact you again? I've done that with some folks who tried to friend me repeatedly just because we have the same last name.

Blocking someone on Facebook

[Irulan]

the better option might be to restrict them.... they techinicall are still on your friend list but they don't see any of your stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgN0oDQq5S4 How-to

[lph]

Yeah, I've unfriended a few people, like colleagues who have left that I didn't really know that well in the first place and have no contact with any more, but mostly I either don't accept friend requests or I keep people in a restricted group. This can be wives of my dh's friends, people that I like well enough and don't want to offend, but that I don't feel close enough to have them commenting on my random daily musings. Or old friends ditto. Or the ones who never post anything interesting of their own, but only use Facebook to promote commercial sites that their friends maintain. I figure that I can keep as friends anyone I like in person, but I only make content available to the ones who are likely to give some kind of response I would like to see.