facebook dilemma

[jumitheklutz]

so I have a "friend" on facebook who floods my news feed with obnoxious updates filled with ignorant and conservative statements (along with a lot of statuses whining about how he has nothing to do and no one wants to hang out) and I've been tempted several times to unfriend him, but I hold back because I tell myself it's important pay attention to

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[tettrabyte]

If it's Caleb Ashby, I had to unfriend him a few weeks ago for the same problem. I also made the mistake of making comments on his posts, which made things worse.

[jumitheklutz]

It is not. I was never friends with him in the first place. I will reveal, however, that the mystery "friend" is indeed a Manual alum.

I have not actually commented on any of his posts, because I just didn't want to get into it. I've been tempted, however.

[chibi_angie]

yeah a few people are doing that on mine and it's getting really annoying. If you don't like Obama/healthcare reform fine, but I don't feel like listening to it every single second.

[smonda]

Well,what I found that works is that there's an option to 'hide' that person on your news feed. Though I'm not too sure if it actually works. I think I might have seen feeds from people I've opted out on. It's worth a shot though :3

Hmm the music festival sounds interesting... I'd love to see your booth but school work, laziness and my 'eh' attitude towards most bluegrass music is having me lean towards not going. Take some pictures of the spiffiness for us lazy people! :3

[angrypacifist]

Try 'hiding' him. I've hidden people who take twenty quizzes a day because I got tired of seeing what color people's auras were and which Twilight star they're most like.

[jumitheklutz]

well i mean, if I'm going to hide him I might as well go ahead and delete him. It's not like we're actually friends anyway.

I think what my dilemma comes down to is, is it really wise to just block out opinions you disagree with? To only interact with like-minded people? Even if someone's opinion is ignorant, isn't it still good to know about it? Or is it worth the frustration?

So what on the surface is just an annoying facebook 'friend' becomes a moral dilemma. Eep!

[tettrabyte]

If there arguments are sound, then maybe not. But lately people are just saying anything and I'm really tired of seeing baseless claims.