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Would you talk to all your FB friends IRL?

Last night, H and I had dinner at Cool Greens (which is *amazing* btw). We were sitting there eating and I saw 2 of my FB friends (one I used to work with, and one I went to high school with). None of us said anything to each other.... and I found that odd. I wondered if I should even be 'friends' with these people on FB because we're obviously not. Maybe FB has re-invented the word friend. lol.

Re: Would you talk to all your FB friends IRL?

  • Heavens no. I'd say there are quite a few that I wouldn't even recognize in public.  I feel bad deleting them, because I know people notice when they're deleted--and I don't see any reason to rain on someone's parade if they really wanted to be "friends" and requested us in the first place.  Stalkers unite!
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  • I probably wouldn't. I deleted some friends last year and got crap from it from them - I didn't even know they paid attention to their friends list, because I could care less if people deleted me - so I haven't done it since.

    It's just like high school. I went home last weekend to meet my college roomie for dinner, and I ran into someone I used to go to school with. I didn't even acknowledge her - and she didn't acknowledge me. *shrug*

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  • I'd probably say hi.  A lot of them, I dont' have much in common with anymore, but I feel bad for deleting them since they requested me, so I leave them on there.

    I think FB has def. made what used to be aquaintances, friends.

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  • I talk to the FB friends I have here in OK but if I ever go back home...I'm not for sure. I guess it depends on whats happening at the time.
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  • Perhaps.  I try not to "friend" people unless I'm actually friends.  Some I friended and I don't talk to anymore so I've thought about deleting them.  However, for the same reasons mentioned above, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings yadda yadda, so I usually just ignore their posts in my news feeds and forget about them.

    Edit: I will add that in a total opposite, I have had FB "friends" not say hi to me IRL.  They saw me and ignored me.  So, I will change my perhaps to a yes I would at least say hi. 

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  • Lol. No. I have a 1k odd friends on fb and I have honestly started deleting people. Out of those 1k I only talk to 10 on a semi-regular basis.

    I knew most from random points of life but we have nothing in common. In saying that, if I see someone I know I always say a "hello."  

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  • No, I wouldn't. Several of my FB "friends" are people I went to high school with and didn't talk to then either, but for some reason (to up their friend counts?) they added me as FB friends. I've gone through and purged people several times, but sometimes I like to keep them around just to see what they're up to and have interesting stories on my news feed.
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  • Nope.  I'm FB friends w/ a lot of people from HS, but I didn't talk to them at our reunion a few weeks ago.  Not b/c I was avoiding them or anything, I just didn't feel the need to.
  • I would atleast say hi to majority of my FB friends, but I'm pretty selective with accepting friend requests.  For that exact reason.  My rule is if I have never talked to the person and I wouldn't if I bumped into them somewhere then I'm not going to be "friends" with them on FB. My friends think I'm a     b!tch for denying so many people, but I don't think everyone needs to see my business!
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