How To Lose Facebook Friends And Alienate People

Everybody thinks you can never have enough friends on Facebook. But there's such a thing as excess! Read on to learn how to get people to unfriend you.

Everybody thinks you can never have enough friends on Facebook. But there’s such a thing as excess!

Whether or not you’ve read How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, Toby Young’s memoir about getting fired from Vanity Fair — or seen the movie version of it that went straight to video, surely you’ll benefit from our sage advice on how to get people to unfriend you.

Lie As Often As Possible

Some people believe that our culture has a “crisis of believability,” but that’s not your problem! It’s so much more fun to spin fictitious yarns than to tell the truth, right? Go for it! Tell those tall tales as loudly as you can.

Always Brag About Yourself

Facebook might have over 675 million members, but you’re the most interesting person on the site.

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