Defriending: do they know?

[TaylorMade]

Actaul

Is defriending the same as blocking? 

No, defriending means removing someone from your friends list.  Blocking means adjusting your settings, such as wall-to-wall and E-mail capacities, so that a given person can't post on your wall, send you E-mail, see your news feed, etc.  It is possible to block someone without defriending them.

Actually Blocking is a specific action on Facebook so that the other person cannot see you at all (even if they search for you on Facebook)  They will see nothing of you and you will see nothing of them. (except according to Facebook within certain applications)  Officially blocking someone on FaceBook will remove them from your Friends list.

To block someone you go here: Settings -> Privacy (click on manage) -> Block List

What KeenReader is referring to is really setting up lists so that people have limited capabilities to your FaceBook activities

[C0mputerGeek]

Just so you know, the helpful friend suggester may tell him by having it pop up as a suggestion. 

You can prevent this by blocking that person when you de-friend them.

[SheltieMom]

You can also just hide him. That way you won't see anything from him, and he won't know.

[ACBNYC]

Actaul

Is defriending the same as blocking? 

No, defriending means removing someone from your friends list.  Blocking means adjusting your settings, such as wall-to-wall and E-mail capacities, so that a given person can't post on your wall, send you E-mail, see your news feed, etc.  It is possible to block someone without defriending them.

Actually Blocking is a specific action on Facebook so that the other person cannot see you at all (even if they search for you on Facebook)  They will see nothing of you and you will see nothing of them. (except according to Facebook within certain applications)  Officially blocking someone on FaceBook will remove them from your Friends list.

To block someone you go here: Settings -> Privacy (click on manage) -> Block List

What KeenReader is referring to is really setting up lists so that people have limited capabilities to your FaceBook activities

If you have lots of "friends," it's totally worth the time it takes to set up lists. On the left of the screen, you'll see "News Feed," "Status Updates," "Photos" and maybe some other options. If you don't see "Create New List," click the "More" button and it will appear. You can then create lists of people--coworkers, college friends, casual acquaintances, etc. If you want the people in any of your new groups to have restricted access to your information, you can control that under the Privacy settings.

The lists are really useful even if you're not using them to restrict access to information. Once the list is created, you can click on the name on the left and you'll see a filtered newsfeed for just the people on that list.

I have a couple of hundred "friends" who added me for Mafia Wars, and I restrict access to my profile for those people. I also created a list called "Filtered Feed" so I can get a newsfeed of just my "real" friends and not have to wade through all of the Mafia Wars stuff when I'm trying to interact with people.

[kingsrings]

If I’m defriended by someone with whom I’ve had little to no contact with (for instance, just FB friends for networking purposes), then I don’t get hurt and take it personally, I figure they’re just purging their list as I have done also. The only time I’ve been hurt was when I sent a friend request to a longtime classmate, and she friended me along with several of our other longtime classmates. Then shortly afterwards, she defriended me for reasons unknown. I sent her a friend request thinking maybe it was a mistake, but she declined that request. Really weird, because I don’t remember us every having any problems in school, and she’s friends with our other classmates. Then recently, she joined an alumni group that I had started for our classmates! All righty then…. and no, I didn’t allow her to join after that. 

[katarain]

You didn't let her join a group for your classmates because she didn't want to be your personal friend?  Then it's not really a group for your classmates, is it?