Is Facebook Genocide Ethical?

[Craig Jessop]

Is going through your friends list and deleting some (or lots, as the case may be) ethical? I just did it. Should I feel bad?

[TheAnswerIs42]

Okay, I voted no but I meant yes. Somehow I read this quickly and thought "is that a problem? No." I meant, yes, go for it, delete away. I believe in only having friends who are actually my friends, not aquaintences.

[C is for]

Hey, you didn't get rid of my sister yet! Yeah, she's harmless.

I'm pretty liberal with people I'll let be my friends. If I recognize the name and where I know them from (which, my memory's pretty good) I'll let them be my friend. But they may not show up on my news feed unless I actually like them and care what they have to say.

[Craig Jessop]

Hey, you didn't get rid of my sister yet! Yeah, she's harmless.

If she is who I think she is (did she change her last name upon marriage?), then I didn't get rid of her because I find her status updates wildly amusing. Most other married women from my freshman year were among my first victims.

[C is for]

(did she change her last name upon marriage?)

I just wanted you to know that this question is a difficult one, and I don't have a good answer for you.

[Craig Jessop]

Then I know who you're talking about. Problem solved. Which leads to another interesting question... how did you know I'm friends with your sister on Facebook? Have you been a-stalking?

[C is for]

I became friends with Gio on Facebook. I figured out who his brother was. Clicked on the profile. There she was. I asked her. She let me know of the connection.

Not super interesting...

[Craig Jessop]

Fact. Now that that's settled.