Why Do People Unfriend Others On Facebook?

Unfriending can be a delicate, dramatic task. There are a variety of reasons why people do it: Maybe someone is an oversharer, or an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, and you'd just feel better off disconnecting. Cambridge University recently published a study showing why people unfriend each other on Facebook.

Unfriending can be a delicate, dramatic task. There are a variety of reasons why people do it: Maybe someone is an oversharer, or an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, and you’d just feel better off disconnecting. Cambridge University recently published a study showing why people unfriend each other on Facebook.

The United Kingdom university studied more than 34,000 relationships on Facebook, examining why they dissolved. What did researchers find?

Upon analyzing 34,012 Facebook relationships,we found that, on average, a relationship is more likely to break if it is not embedded in the same social circle, if it is between two people whose ages differ, and if one of the two is neurotic or introvert.

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