Jimmy Kimmel named today as NUD…National Unfriend Day…on Facebook, that is.
Check out Jimmy’s initial plug for NUD:
I have to admit, Jimmy has a point. How many “friends” do we need online? Are we really connecting with these people?
It’s healthy to “trim the fat”, as Jimmy puts it, once in a while and makes sure our connections make sense. This is actually one of the social media maintenance tips we all give from time to time.
So, on November 17, peruse your Facebook Friends list and see if it’s working for you.
As Jimmy noted to ABC News:
“Friendship is a sacred thing and I believe Facebook is cheapening it,” he said. “I go on this Facebook, I see people with thousands of what they call friends. This is impossible, you can’t have a thousand friends. Here’s how you can tell who on Facebook is really your friend: Let’s say on Friday, you post a status update that says ‘I’m moving this weekend and I need help.’ The people that respond, those are your friends. Everyone else isn’t.”
Wise words to live by. So, if you have people on your list who wouldn’t show up in the offline world to help you move, hear you speak or attend a party you are throwing, time to cut the Facebook cord. If you stop to think about it, those folks likely are not great fiends online, either.
So, I’m in…how about you?
