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Ever randomly looked at the number of Facebook friends you have and noticed that you're missing a few? You get paranoid and wonder if somebody deleted their account, or if your old boyfriend finally dropped you after weeks without communication. In the past, you've had to be something of a Facebook detective to figure out who dropped you -- but no more, because now you can use Defriended!
This new iPhone app by i-Doodz won't shelter you from the sting of finding out that someone doesn't want to be friends anymore, a sting from which the loving arms of Facebook traditionally tried to protect you. Basically, Defriended runs a scan on your friends list each time you log in, and compares it to the last time you logged in. Any changes are noted and reported back to you immediately.
i-Doodz claims that their next update of this app will have a feature that will make defriending "a bit more public." We can't wait / are terrified to imagine what that will look like. Perhaps a survey sent out automatically asking your ex-friends why they chose to give you the axe? Terrifying! Go to the site to get the app, which is just 99 cents and may cause you to stop posting so many status updates about what your cat is doing.
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Thursday 14 January
By Cathy
This is from their site: Last week our developer was bored one evening, had an idea, and a few hours later uploaded the "defriended" iPhone app. it unexpectedly got a lot of attention, then subsequently Facebook blocked the app, causing it to stop working. We will be looking at how feasible it is to make the app work without a corresponding facebook app, but in the meantime if you've bought the app you should ask apple for a refund - and please do...we don't really want to get money for an app you paid for and that doesn't work. We apologise for the inconvenience.
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Thursday 14 January
By monique
well even before the app, I knew I'd been defriended my ex added me one day then replaced me with his bitch
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Friday 15 January
By Sharon
I get so absolutely bored with all the inane comments that appear on Facebook pages. Who cares who is doing laundry or sitting in the airport or running errands or just getting up or eating?
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Thursday 21 January
By AL
Sharon,
Dump your dumbass friends who post inane comments. It's called "unfriending." You can also block their comments without removing them from your friends list.
Friday 15 January
By Jim
Sharon, if you're not interested in your facebook friends' lives, then you shouldn't add them to your friends list. Oh, and to people who post religious or political crap on your facebooks wall, don't be surprised if you start losing friends FAST. I delete anyone that tells me how much they love or hate Obama, or tells me all about their deity of choice and how I should live my life according to their religion's rules.
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Friday 15 January
By Maggie
very well put Jim!!!
Friday 15 January
By Sharon
Jim,
You must be really really bored if you think that doing laundry is "keeping up with friends lives". The daily routines of life are just that, and I really don't need to know that someone actually is in the process of cleaning their house or cooking dinner.
Keeping up with friends lives is the important stuff: Kids birthdays, engagements, weddings, vacations, etc.
Friday 15 January
By bazz
Come on!!! Any one who is spending their time monitoring who has defriended them needs to get a life. That might entail going to a shrink to figure out why you're fixated on trivial matters. If someone defriends you and you find out... MOVE ON! WTF cares. Go find something to be either grateful for or happy about.
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