Do you think fb randomly deletes...

[Deleted]

friends?  I have heard a few people say they think this happens.

I don't know but there are several people who I assumed 'unfriended' me (sporadically, not all at once).  It doesn't really bother me, I just thought it was odd because I don't post anything extreme about religion, politics, etc.  In fact I rarely post anything at all so I usually assume it is a 'cleaning up my friends list type deal'.

Anyway, a couple years ago a girl from HS added me.  I accepted, a few months later I noticed we weren't friends anymore; I only noticed because she was a frequent poster and then I suddenly stopped seeing anything from her.  Anyway, I just got another friend request from her.

I never believed that there is a fb glitch that randomly deletes your friends, but I think it is odd that I would have the same person request, delete, and re-request me.

[sandyapples]

I have never experienced this.

[BeagleMama]

Perhaps.

I work with a big customer management system so I can appreciate the idiosyncrasies of the random crap that happens all the time. I also think people unfriend and get "caught" use it as an excuse. But, in valid cases, people go create a new profile for whatever reason and circle back to you to add as a friend.

[Captain Serious]

No. Some people are just odd about leaving their friends list alone. They add, delete, and add again willy nilly.

[CheshireGrin]

No. But I think some people (myself included) delete capriciously and then can't remember why (or even IF) they did. Sometimes I would swear someone deleted me, when really I deleted them and don't remember. Or I'm just not sure either way. I constantly get requests from people I used to be friends with.

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[Booze Raccoon]

This was the excuse I used when I got mad at someone and they called me out on deleting them. So, no.

[Deleted]

For the record I have never called anyone out for deleting me. But I have heard more then one person say this casually...they must be the ones getting deleted and hearing this excuse!

[escrow]

This has happened to me several times. I noticed a girl I'd been friends with for a long time commenting on mutual friends posts and realized she wasn't on my friends list anymore. So I messaged her saying sorry if I said something to upset you, etc, and she replied saying she thought I'd unfriended her and was wondering the same thing. Glad I decided to say something!
I've also had random "so and so accepted your friend request", but it'ss either someone I've never heard of, or someone who has a mutual friend but I still never even looked at their profile. It was weird. The person suggested maybe my dd was playing with my phone and requested but so weird.

[blueshirt2003]

No.

[DotAndBuzz]

No.

I just assume if I no longer see someone, or if I go to see what they've bee up to and we're no longer friends, that they unfriended me.

I'm way too lazy to edit my friends list, like, ever (unless someone is an overt douchebag), but if other people edit me out, meh. Whatever.

[wysiwyg]

I don't think they delete friends randomly, but I do think it adds people to your friends list randomly. I've had people in my friends list that I know for a fact I did not add nor did I know.

[BaliHai]

No.

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pantsparty knows how I feel about this phenomenon

[cutecloud]

Sometimes people de-activate and re-activate and it can cause your friends count to go up and down a bit.