Some people on Facebook never react to anything you post, but you get an eerie feeling they watch, observe, and secretly judge, and it is not paranoia. Maybe it’s the algorithm? But wait, do they ever click on an individual friend’s profile? Yes, they do. A contradiction. The crucial question is why they never give a like or comment or leave any semblance of their existence.
Maybe they’re voyeurs — scrolling through your life like it’s late-night cable.
Maybe they’re narcissists — posting their limbs, favourable angles, outfits, or a photo with their friends, relatives, whoever, claiming they are celebrating them and all the while these people are just accessories to their ego-puffed, vain existence.
Some treat Facebook like a trophy shelf, only to post for validation and to be envied by people they do not really care about.
So, what’s the conclusion?
These people are not friends nor acquaintances. They are categories, such as Observers, Performers, Spectators, Attention-seekers, etc. Facebook was supposed to be for sharing knowledge, ideas, notes, hanging out, for fun, for a good time between "friends" or whatever you want to define this phenomenon. G+ was a platform that channelled that type of interaction. Alas, it ceased to exist.
So, do you remove those so-called friends?
No need.
You quietly curate your list —
the same way a museum removes a dusty exhibit:
politely, silently, and without a press release.
Real people react. The rest just scroll away.
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