When is it ok to delete friends?

People who don't comment on anything, are not logging, or are starving themselves.

Whenever you like... It is really up to you.

Best to do it before they do it to you i find

Alatariel75 wrote: »

I tend not to delete people who stop logging in, I know I've disappeared for a while and been happy when I came back and still had friends. No skin off my nose to keep them on there.

I delete for rudeness, eating disorder behaviour, excessive drama or fundamental incompatability (whether it be diet or otherwise related).

This pretty much describes me. I don't delete people for not logging in because I'm always happy to have the kind of understanding friends who are there when I come back.

I delete people who are rude or gross. I accepted a friend request from a guy who commented on a friend's post. He seemed funny and dedicated to his health, so I thought he'd be a good friend. Within a couple of weeks, he had asked me how old a guy I'd date (I was 22 at the time, and he was 65 or 66). After that, he changed his profile picture to a close-up of himself in a tight pair of underwear. I don't have a problem with him doing what he wants on his profile, but I wasn't interested in his personal questions or the outline of his sausage and eggs.

I don't like excessive drama; everyone has trouble at sometime or another, and I always try to support or cheer people up when they "vent" in a status - but starting fights, antagonizing, being mean to my friends, talking crap, and raising my blood pressure are unwelcome traits in a friend. Thankfully I haven't had any friends like that on MFP.

The other thing I won't do anymore is keep people who consistently eat below 1,100 calories. (In an attempt to control her illness, mom eats the same 1,197 calories most days of the week, so I understand that some people might have different situations.) I once friended someone who I knew had an eating disorder, hoping I'd be able to help her or convince her to get help. She's a wonderful person, and thankfully, she did end up getting help, but watching her net NEGATIVE calories on a regular basis (after exercise) terrified me, so I wouldn't friend request someone if I knew the person was starving him/herself.

I have a really great group of funny and dedicated friends. With the exception of that one guy who loved showing off what he's got, I haven't ever deleted (or wanted to delete) anyone on MFP.

I delete people who starve themselves (NOT a VLCD recommended by a diet), people who can't give advice without belittling me or others...mostly I delete people I just don't like because they annoy me.

I only delete people who behave badly.

dakotababy wrote: »

I have deleted friends for a wide variety of reasons.
1 - the "i know everything about weight loss and you need to listen to me" person (yeah he knows who he is)...especially when they dont stop harassing you to follow their plan.
2 - disordered eating individuals
3 - people who I have made a direct effort to send a like or comment every once in a while, and I get NOTHING in return
4 - people who post too damn much about stuff that has nothing to do with weight loss. (Yeah, once in a while is okay...but if my MFP starts looking like FB - Your out!)
5 - People who do not log on for 30 consecutive days
6 - If I just notice we have nothing in common...and I feel like sweeping through my friends list, I may just have to cut you.

I have gone and at one point deleted EVERYONE off of my friends list. I found it was nice to just start fresh. I find it nice to not have to feel obligated to care about others, just to come and read the forums and do what I got to do.

Its about me, not making friends.

I like. I'd ask to be friends..but you'd cut me later. But I like.

KylaDenay wrote: »

yoovie wrote: »

the very instant you feel like it.

this

yep. I recently had the strong urge to delete a bunch of people but tried to keep them and struggled more than I needed to. ended up deleting a bunch anyways. save yourself the problems and delete when you get the urge to purge. i feel better now, I may have 99 problems but I know who ain't one.

I delete for excessive crazy and uninteresting drama...

...and occasionally randomly when I don't like the total number of friends.

I keep trying to be offensive enough to get people to delete me, but it hasn't worked yet.

I delete when you've been inactive for 4 weeks, or more.

I've been deleted. It doesn't give a message. I just noticed the person wasn't on my time line anymore. I delete beach body coaches because I think they are going to try to sell me something. I don't think you need a reason.

I delete absent friends and anorexics and bulemics who glorify their condition.

Whenever you want to. You don't have to justify yourself to anybody, do you?