National Unfriend Day

This week Jimmy Kimmel announced on his show that November 17th will become National Unfriend Day, where we all unfriend our Facebook friends, that aren’t really our friends.

I’ve been doing this for years, trimming the fat on my Facebook friends list (went from 1200 down to 850 now) while keeping only those that A. I know and have met in real life and B. I would say hello to if passing by them on the street. Those were my criteria and I think they work.

Kimmel brings up great points in his video about Facebook “cheapening” the term “friend”. Here’s the clip of Jimmy Kimmel announcing National Unfriend Day, with the help of William Shatner.