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[deckardcanine]

Every so often, I want to remove someone from my Friends list, not out of anger but simply because their entries don't appeal to me much anymore. As yet, however, I have never de-Friended anyone who still had me on their own list. Partly I don't want to risk shrinking my already small readership, but mainly I don't know how to do it without feeling rude. My LJ doesn't bar non-Friends from replying, but an ex-Friend might still discover their removal on their own. Even posting this entry give me a nagging feeling of rudeness, despite not having implicated any particular Friends.

My grasp on face-to-face etiquette is weak enough. Does anyone know a good source for netiquette?

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[nefaria.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is, some people can't distinguish the difference between being a friend and being on someone's LJ friends list.

For example, some people who list me as a friend post several times a day on their LJ about how my political party is evil and everyone who votes for them is stupid or brainwashed. I don't mind having these people as friends, but I don't want to read their political diatribes every time I check my LJ, so I don't friend them. It doesn't mean I don't like them, just that I'm not interested in what they post on their LJ.