I happen to be an expert on the topic of being unfriended and blocked on Facebook. Given my credentials, I thought it appropriate to provide you with some great info on how you can avoid becoming an expert too! If you follow these 5 carefully thought out steps, I guarantee your block/unfriend rate will plummet!
1) Always agree with people’s points all the time no matter the circumstance. If you never want to be unfriended or blocked, simply agree with everything your social media friends write. It’s that simple. People love people who agree with their every word. If you don’t want to be loved, don’t agree with their every word! That however is how you get unfriended. This point is probably responsible for the majority of blocks and unfriends. Never stick up for yourself if you want to avoid being blocked or unfriended.
2) Be supportive of others no matter how ridiculous their behavior is. If you don’t want to be unfriended, be supportive of your friends actions no matter how ridiculous they may be! If you want to be unfriended, call your friend out when they are being foolish! I frequently hear the “judge not” verses whenever someone’s behavior is being questioned, that thoughtless (and automatically generated) response was debunked in my post HERE .
3) Avoid talking about Christianity. Christianity has got me unfriended or blocked more than any other topic. I’m unashamedly a follower of Jesus. While I don’t feel the need to shove my worldview down everyone’s throat, I also enjoy discussing the topics of religion, theology, and Biblical Christianity. These topics are naturally offensive to those who don’t agree with them, and are guaranteed to get you unfriended and blocked.
4) Be really fake. To do this you pretend to agree with the person so that you can get close, but then you use what you learned to generate gossip behind the scenes. There are ton’s of fake people on Facebook in particular. If you want to be unfriended, be authentic! Being authentic means being who you are, without any secret motives or intentions to manipulate. Being authentic is often grounds for being blocked!
5) Simply don’t log on to any of your accounts. I have found this method to be highly effective. Whenever I take a month off from social media, I usually come back with the same amount of friends as when I left. Folks are often even refreshed to have had a break from you. I say “usually” because on a couple occasions, a person blocked me because they assumed I blocked them (as when I shut down my account they couldn’t see my posts/profile any longer). I had a good laugh, explained the situation, and asked them to unblock me.
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The Religious Nerd 