Are you ready for the key to this whole Facebook thingy? The key is realizing that the only way to never lose a friend on Facebook, is to not be on Facebook.

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I had/have 1743 "friends" on Facebook. Of those, I have maybe 200-250 that I would recognize in public. There's about 75 I see on a regular basis and about 10 I see every week. I used to edit my friends list very heavily until I was challenged to show "the other side" my thoughts in hopes that maybe they wouldn't have such a one-sided view of the world. Since that time, my feed has filled up with hateful folk. You see, I didn't make them better people, I just gave them more room to hate.  I gave them an audience for their bigoted small town views.  You see a flame needs oxygen to spread and giving these people a place on your feed gives them what they need to survive.

So, I'm about to start culling the herd again and you probably should do. The real answer to "How To Never Lost A Friend On Facebook Again" is realizing that those people who bring ugliness into your life were never friends, they're just connections. Once you get rid of those negative connections you'll be left with friends and friends in the making.  Now, go be awesome to each other.

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