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If I remove a friend from facebook, will they be notified?

If a Facebook friend refuses to respond to your messages and you keep on messaging them is it harassment/stalking if they don't remove you as a Facebook friend?

  • Does being friends with someone mean that you consent to them contacting you on Facebook?

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    I don't see this as a legal issue. My question is, why do you keep messaging them if you're not getting a response? Either they have seen your messages and are choosing to ignore you, in which case the mature and classy thing to do is just stop. Like you would stop ringing their doorbell or would hang up the phone because they're not answering. Or they have not seen your messages because they're not logging in. People lose interest in FB. They forget their password. Their lives change and they have to focus on other things, or sometimes they even lose internet access or have a major life crisis. Maybe they were addicted to online gambling or just had a painful breakup and can't stand to see their ex's FB status. It also may have been a game account that they are just not using anymore. You never know what's going on in someone else's life, especially if your only contact with them is online.  If this is someone you really like a lot, send one more message saying something like "I'm not sure why you haven't been responding, but I hope everything's ok. If things change and you would like to get back in touch, I'd be happy to hear from you. All the best, (your name)" Then leave them alone.

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Move on. Unless they still owe you $50.

Alexandra Hanson-Harding

In the world I would love to live in: Facebook would introduce badges that would be posted on that person's timeline for the whole world to see: "I'm a moron who ignores messages". Unremovable for a month or so. After, of course, making sure the user did see the message for several times -- by making this as obvious as the prospective moron badge. In the world we seem to be living: IANAL, but yes, I won't be surprised if some of those morons consider such behavior harassment/stalking. People often have weird habits and not saying certain things straight and early is rather common. Their fault, I'd say, but may hurt you eventually.

Dima Korolev

First, I would ask why someone would keep contacting someone who ignores them.  Second, it could be harassment/stalking. It depends on the content of the messages and whether the person has asked the sender to stop.

Jennifer Ellis

Building a harassment/stalking case is a pain in the ass.  My lawyer told me the first thing I had to do was send the guy a notorized letter via certified mail detailing exactly what behaviors I would consider harassment.  That way the judge would know that I was serious and that the guy received the letter.  The courts don't like to get involved in electronic communications because it's mysterious to them - you can't prove anything on a computer is genuine.  If the person receiving the messages told a police officer, they would tell the person to block the sender and make them feel stupid.

Lorelei Coffin

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