Everyone has Facebook friends who say obnoxious things. Whether it’s uninformed political crap, unfunny jokes, or offensive memes, they’re always there, polluting your feed. But you don’t unfriend them. Why?
A new study says it’s because we’re all secretly 12 years old inside, and we don’t unfriend them because they’re the most POPULAR people in real life.
The researchers say the people who post the most obnoxious stuff on Facebook are usually the ones who are “cool” in real life, and we don’t want to seem uncool by separating ourselves from them.
“The social repercussions of unfriending someone reach far beyond the boundaries of the online network, remaining online friends with troublemakers appears to be a social necessity for some.”
(CBC)
