Dear Facebook Friends Its Not You, Its Me

I’ve been flirting with the idea of cutting Facebook back to a more personal space for a while now.   Yesterday there was an incident that prompted me to remove a select group of people.  I decided that it was a good time to make the change to a more personal space.

If I removed you please don’t get offended.  I’ve struggled with this choice for a long time.  I’ve made some great connections on Facebook, I was invited to speak in Malaysia because of Facebook, I’ve become great friends with people I may never have otherwise. But I have a lot of not-so tech savvy friends and family who are on there and given how much I’ve moved around it’s a great way to keep in touch with them. They kept getting lost in the shuffle of all of my other connections.  I know I may miss out on making some great connections with people because of this choice, its part of why I struggled with it for so long.

You can still see blog posts and other links on my Facebook page. I created it a while back  more to make sure no one else did than because I grew a giant ego. Unfortunately someone already has librairanbyday on Facebook, but in this case it will be useful.

If you’re a fan of the shoes don’t worry they will still be on Flickr And of course, you can still find me on twitter.

Of course in true librarian style here are some links to some things I read as I was thinking about this

• Dear FaceBook Friends, I’m De-Friending Most of You [It's Not You, It's Me]
• It’s Not You It’s Me – My Goodbye To Facebook Friends

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