DID YOU GET DE-FRIENDED?
Okay, folks, so many of us in this community nowadays are on Facebook.  So have you ever wondered why others took you off their "friends" list?  Or why some of your friends post a lot, while others don't; or why someone who you didn't think knew you very well "friended" you unexpectedly?  Well, there's been a study done, and it has some interesting results in it:
"Wondering why a friend or acquaintance “defriended” you on Facebook?
New research from Nielsen shows that the No. 1 reason people remove others from their friend lists is something they said — or posted. Offensive comments were listed as the top reason for friend removals, with 55 percent of people in the study saying it was the primary motivator for cutting names off their friend list.
Other reasons that came up for booting a person from a friend list? The person posted too many “depressing” and “political” comments, or fell out of favor romantically: 11 percent of people said they removed someone after a breakup or divorce. The study also looked at differences in the way men and women use their social media accounts:

Facebook etiquette also plays a role, with updating too often or too little or having too many friends a consideration for some Facebook users. Social media activity also plays a role in these decisions, as research indicates that men are more likely to use social media for career networking and dating, while women use social media for a creative outlet, to get coupons or other promotions and to give positive feedback. More men add friends based on business networks or physical attractiveness, and women are more likely to add friends based on knowing someone in real life or to remove them because of offensive comments.

The findings, which were based on a sample of 1,865 adults across the country, were published online on a Nielsen McKinsey blog."

And here's a link to the entire study.  It's interesting...

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