AIBU to delete half my Facebook 'friends'?

[PoppyBluebells]

I don't want to hurt their feelings, but 50% are not 'friends'. I have under 100 'friends'.

They are people I have never met and never will. They became 'friends' through my work as a freelancer when I got to know them remotely in a 'you help me and I'll help you'. And then they requested me as 'friend'. My work has changed and I don't really need them now as part of my network.

I am not interested in their lives, a lot seem to have big egos and only post about themselves to boast, or make political points.

One of the reasons I don't use FB much is I don't want these 'strangers' to read stuff that only my real friends would see.

But I don't want to hurt their feelings.

Do it

On mine I have family, friends and people I actually know from work etc, I have nobody on it that I have never met in real life/ don’t like.

It’s so handy for sharing pictures with family and friends all over the world and in the current circumstances it’s been even more handy

I run an app every so often and def know who has deleted me. Don't count that people don't know.

And I probably won't deal with people that have deleted me in the future. I'd keep that in mind before doing a mass cull.

I used to use my own birthday test - if Facebook told me it was some's birthday and I didn't care, I would delete them.

Then a few months ago I just culled out everyone I didn't want to hear from, and didn't want to share my news with even if I only post twice a year. It only took 10 mins and I had no regrets!

They probably won't even notice, I do it regularly

I honestly think they won't care if you unfriend them. They probably won't even notice.

It's just cyber-litter.

I got rid of a lot of my Facebook contacts when I changed jobs, some people I could not cull before then for political reasons. My criteria was a few things like, would I say hi to them in the street, do I have their phone number and actual keep in contact with them, do I like/dislike them-this one was mainly for old workmates or people I used to live with and stupid things like do their posts make me cringe or think badly of them. Also I am much more ready to defriend, and also not friend. It just feels easier now, and nicer.