to think facebook is a good way to weed out friends who you never knew were racist/ignorant/offensive?

[DriverDan]

Sorry it's a facebook one and I know I'm not being unreasonable, I just want to vent about it!

I have just had to report and remove a friend for a horrible offensive 'comedy' photo that makes fun of a disabled child.

I'm just really shocked at this friend, although we're not close anymore, I've known them over 10 years and I'm really suprised at them. How can they be so insensitive and offensive. A mutual friend (on facebook) has a brother with the same disability as the child featured in the photo and will probably see it

That's terrible. YANBU, it's funny how much you can learn about people on FB from what they post. I now know a friend of mine is an idiot who thinks breastfeeding is disgusting. I still chat to him from time to time but I now have zero respect for him and I feel sorry for his new wife.

YANBU. I remove racist friends, homophobic friends and anyone that makes genuinely insulting comments about people with special needs.

I had quite the clear out following the Japanese quake/Tsunami

YANBU. I now know, having joined FB, that my independent, clever friend cannot do anything in real life without writing a soppy message on her wall complete with declarations of undying love to her partner every time. I also now know that when I don't text or return my other friend's call within 5 minutes she goes onto FB to state that she doesn't know why she bothers with SOME PEOPLE if they can't be bothered to ring her back (whilst later saying to me "no worries hun, I know your busy!") Grrrrr.

I have a 22 year old godson who is my friend on FB and says the most horrible things about women and is clearly drinking ( I think) to excess. I don't know him very well - we have always lived in different cities and I just cringe when I see how I haven't shaped his values the way I would have hoped to.

Aha! I knew someone else would do this!

I've had a clear out of old school friends who can't think the DM is Gospel.
I had to delete one that was just mind numbingly offensive to Muslims and when I challenged him, he spouted BNP/EDL crap.

Urgh.

Yep I've deleted a few people because of racist comments... or sometimes just set them to ignore because I've already deleted them, forgotten why then they've added me again.
I also have a friend similar to Millie who reports her whole life on facebook, it makes it nigh on impossible to have a conversation with her because I already know all her news, and she never asks how I am. She also leaves lots of cryptic comments, obviously wanting people to ask her what's wrong... but I just can't be bothered.

However I've also been very pleasantly surprised by some people.
The really naughty lad at school who went down in school history for locking the music teacher in a cupboard and was later expelled for something else has turned out to be a really nice, friendly, funny bloke. He's also the one who's organising a school reunion.

I just leave them on, always good to have a mix of opinions.