Founded by Jimmy Kimmel, Unfriend Day is for getting rid of those annoying acquaintances that seem to be all over your social media - even if you haven’t personally seen or heard from them in years.
Unfriend Day is a great excuse to have a clear out!
So, if you fancy having a social media clean-up but can’t decide who qualifies for the removal, here are 7 reasons you should click that unfriend button…
1. You haven’t spoken to them in years
Maybe you know them from school, or you were on the same netball team as teenagers? Either way, that was over a decade ago, and it’s time to say cya later. If you wouldn’t say hi to them in the street, then do you really need them clogging up your feed?
2. You met them on a night out
That drunken moment when you get chatting to a girl in the ladies toilets of the club, compliment each other’s outfits and then end up following the rest of their lives on Facebook.
If you find yourself clicking through someone’s holiday pictures that you met once on a night out, it’s probably time to click unfriend.
3. They are constantly inviting you to like pages
You log onto Facebook, wonder, why on Earth have you got 10 notifications? Oh, it’s the girl you used to work with inviting you to like all her business page and try and get you to buy the festive moisturiser she’s selling.
4. You find yourself feeling jealous
That girl you who was awful to you? She just got married in Ibiza… You know because it’s all she has posted about for the past week - whilst you’re watching the Gossip Girl seasons for the 6th time… If someone’s over-posting about their perfect lives, you might want to get rid of them.
5. They post spoilers
You’re starting a new series, but there’s that one annoying Facebook friend constantly ruining the ending with their status updates. Bye!
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