Yes, I do purge my friend list occasionally, not with bad intention though. Types 1 to 4 on the list do peeve me at times, but they are still very bearable compared to the following:-
1) Persistent insurance/ MLM agents
Someone: Hey, sis! When want to yum cha with me? Give me a chance to help you to review your insurance policy 🙂
*we did not keep in touch for the past 12 years, only reestablished connection via FB recently and I suddenly became his “sis”…. And no, he does not share same religion view…*
Me: I’m very happy with my current agent. It’s ok!
Someone: Please, just help me! I still have not hit this month’s minimum sales.
Me: Errr…. Can you give another reason why I should really help?
Someone: because we are good friends!
*since when??!*
Another someone, also a pushy agent and we are only acquaintance and do not talk in real life at all. I had already nicely rejected her invitation to sign up insurance policy from her for 2 times, out of courtesy. On the 3rd time she pestered on FB, I pretended I was away and did not read her messages. On the 4th time she bugged, I hit the “unfriend” button. But she still sent reminder after that! I wish her the very best in her future undertakings, she’ll be successful, because she practices the following:-
So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles of success; if I persist long enough I will win. – Og Mandino
*update*
This case no. 3 bests all cases: a university friend died in a workplace accident. Friends offered condolences on FB. One persistent agent wrote something like: this is the outcome of not having sufficient insurance coverage: your loved ones suffer when mishaps befall you. Contact me to review your insurance policy.
Unfriend! There’s no other way!
2) Virtual-world-is-my-real-world-person
Acquaintance added me in FB, out of courtesy I approved. Being an affable person, I greeted her one day when I bumped into her and… she ignored!
What’s the point of having me in your friend list when you are not going to befriend me in real life?
the hedonistic felis~domestica... 
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