{"id":4649,"date":"2015-10-05T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T04:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2015-10-05T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T04:47:52","slug":"un-friending-without-the-awkwardness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/un-friending-without-the-awkwardness\/","title":{"rendered":"Un-friending without the awkwardness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unfriend-all-the-rubbish-facebook-friends-that-you-don_t-want.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unfriend-all-the-rubbish-facebook-friends-that-you-don_t-want-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"unfriend-all-the-rubbish-facebook-friends-that-you-don_t-want\" width=\"206\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unfriend-all-the-rubbish-facebook-friends-that-you-don_t-want-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unfriend-all-the-rubbish-facebook-friends-that-you-don_t-want-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unfriend-all-the-rubbish-facebook-friends-that-you-don_t-want-103x55.jpg 103w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unfriend-all-the-rubbish-facebook-friends-that-you-don_t-want.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>When it comes to friending someone on facebook&#8230;the lines of friendship can be blurry&#8230;especially when they are also a work colleague. \u00a0\u00a0What happens when the real world friendship goes sour&#8230;simply un-friending them on Facebook could actually make things worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately you don\u2019t have to un-friend to take a step back from your online relationship.<\/p>\n<p>For starters you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/104941232944896\" target=\"_blank\">un-follow<\/a> anyone on your facebook friends lists so you don\u2019t see their posts in your news feed&#8230;the next step is to re-define them either as an acquaintance or as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/206571136073851\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018restricted\u2019<\/a> and ensure your default for sharing doesn\u2019t include those types of friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Still want to Un-friend?<\/strong> &#8211; Here&#8217;s how.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook vs Business<\/strong> &#8211; Here&#8217;s another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/the-one-person-you-should-not-unfriend-on-facebook-2015-06-12\" target=\"_blank\">interesting article<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to friending someone on facebook&#8230;the lines of friendship can be blurry&#8230;especially when they are also a work colleague. \u00a0\u00a0What happens when the real world friendship goes sour&#8230;simply un-friending them on Facebook could actually make things worse. 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For starters you can un-follow anyone<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/un-friending-without-the-awkwardness\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[825],"tags":[8,1211,1263],"class_list":["post-4649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-2","tag-facebook","tag-social-networks","tag-unfriending"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Un-friending without the awkwardness - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/un-friending-without-the-awkwardness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Un-friending without the awkwardness - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When it comes to friending someone on facebook&#8230;the lines of friendship can be blurry&#8230;especially when they are also a work colleague. \u00a0\u00a0What happens when the real world friendship goes sour&#8230;simply un-friending them on Facebook could actually make things worse. 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