AUOB Indy March - blocking friend on fb as I think it's rubbish

[NotOnTheBench]

Long standing (since school) friend and I are now at polar opposites on this. She is SNP + I think independence for Scotland is a complete waste of time + energy. We have never agreed on this one, but her DH is posting on fb about how they are off marching for independence in Glasgow and it winds me up. Their right to go of course.

Back story - we were both brought up + educated in Scotland + both went to Uni in Glasgow. I now live down south.

I have up to now been responding to her DHs posts but we will never see eye to eye on this one.

Not sure why I feel I need to post here as MNers will most likely agree that just not responding is best?? Just venting I suppose.

Without blocking you can just unfollow them if you don't want a fallout.

Given that they still live in Scotland, they're perhaps in a better position to judge if it's a good idea or not.

Just pop them in a different friends group so you don't see posts so much. It's not worth losing a friendship over unless their views show a character which is utterly abhorrent to you.

My cousin & my Aunt are very very pro Independence. Their fb posts are little else. I've just unfollowed them. Easier all round

You could just mute her for 30 days, then you won't see what she's up to and she will re-appear in due course.

I did that and then when groups and people started appearing again, I assessed whether I'd missed them and whether I wanted to remove them entirely from my time line.

froggybiby I've just found a way on fb to see fewer posts but without blocking. I'm happy to see her posts as she doesn't actually post anything about political views. It's her DHs posts I don't want to see any more.

"gallicgirl

Given that they still live in Scotland, they're perhaps in a better position to judge "

Not relevant. Having grown up in Scotland I'm very aware of Scottish history + Scottish politics. We just have opposing views on this one, so she + I don't discuss it. Doesn't stop us being buddies though. No-one has to agree on everything to be friends in real life. Similarly I'm very fond of her DH, but would be happier not to have his posts in my timeline. Glad to see I can do that on fb now without blocking him completely.