I don’t want someone on my Facebook but I can’t remove them due to family?

Question

She’s a friend of my mother-in-law whom has known my husband all his life. She’s very friendly but she’s very odd. She posts non-stop all day long often unsettling, inappropriate or spammy content (share this or else posts, people in hospital, people fighting, horrible news content, sick/dying people) and I find it extremely upsetting. She also often pretends to be hacked and makes multiple accounts for attention. (She’s in her 40s and has some mental health issues). She’s nice but I feel like I can’t remove her as she will message and spam add and talk to people about it and make me feel terrible for removing her. My husband said I shouldn’t because she’s mentally ill and it would be horrible to remove her. I don’t want this woman on my friends list and I have unfollowed her but I still see her posts and she still messages me spam content directly. What should I do?

Answer 1

Right click in the top right hand corner of one of her posts and "Hide" her posts. Unfollowing won't do it because they'll still come to you from other friends.

Answer 2

i would remove her anyways and if your family dont like it thats their problem

Answer 3

"My husband said I shouldn’t because she’s mentally ill and it would be horrible to remove her. "



Why is your husband chiming in on YOUR FB settings? He should be telling you to do what you want and supporting you. Whether she's mentally ill or not is irrelevant. If someone's postings bother you, defriend and block (it sounds like other lesser moves don't fully save you from seeing things).



When you say you can't do this "because of family", it's obvious what you mean, but it's puzzling. Adults get to decide these things for themselves, and spouses should support spouses when their family is part of this. If he strongly feels you should suck it up and deal, maybe this is the general family attitude, but if that's true, it's not surprising she keeps acting the way she is. It's working!

Answer 4

Unfollow her..



You won't see her posts then, but will still be friends with her on facebook. She won't know, there's no notification for it. I have a couple people I unfollowed on FB, so I never know what they're posting (those over dramatic people) unless someone mentions it.

Answer 5

Ignore what other people think and remove her entirely.



Everyone wants attention, even animals. This is just attention junk. Get rid of it.



Have some dignity. Value the attention that you give to other people. Only give it to people who deserve it.

Answer 6

Unfollow her

Answer 7

Cut her off. She's someone else's friend and you shouldn't feel obliged to put up with her.

Answer 8

Keep her on your friends list, but stop following her.