Though still not a huge fan of Facebook, I decided that I hadn’t given it a fair enough shake. I was accepting just about anyone who friended me and wasn’t taking the time to manage those people into groups that received the information I wanted them to see (or not see).

A couple weeks ago I was at the point that I needed to quit or make a big change. I went with the big change. I pared my friend’s list down to people I truly wanted to be in touch with. Goodbye high school ex-girlfriends and classmates I didn’t talk to back then. Goodbye friends of my siblings who aren’t also actually my friends. Goodbye almost everyone. I went from 350+ friends (which is a pretty small number, I know) to just under 65.

It was the perfect move. I feel so much more comfortable sharing simple thoughts throughout the day and my news feed doesn’t get pounded with a bunch of shit I don’t care to read. Though it’s still early, I’d say the purge has helped my Facebook experience a great deal, and I don’t think I’ll consider getting rid of the service for quite some time.