National UnFriend Day Featuring Dr. Oz

I thought this was interesting. In my research for the final project I looked at a lot of studies and journal publications for the Psychology of Cyberspace and Social Networking. Several things I read talked about the "friend" issue with Facebook. One study said that people had seven friends regardless of whether they had 500 on Facebook. Yesterday I checked my Facebook page and saw this posting from one of my "friends". This is not a person I talk to on a regular basis and really don't care to be friends with her. Everything she posts is negative. She posted a negative comment about what the Governor-elect's wife was wearing on election night and yesterday she posted a negative comment about the poor service she received at a certain alteration place and named it specifically. That to me is just wrong. I realized as I read this that every time I see her postings it makes me angry. So why is she my friend on Facebook? Today I deleted her. Facebook should be a place to stay better connected with good friends that have moved away, family that doesn't live close etc. It should not be a place for negative comments about other people. I have 186 "friends" and I've decided that after this class I'm either going to "de-friend" a lot of them or get off of Facebook all together. Maybe a blog or a personal website that is secure to my family and close friends would be a better option to keep my family updated on my kids and what is going on in our lives. Food for thought.