20+ Reasons people unfollowed their friends on social media: 'They started posting cutesy couple pictures nonstop'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 9, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

We all have that one friend on social media who can't help but post a Snoopy or Minion meme every day. I bet you know one of these people: they'll share a daily reminder to smile or be a good person or whatever, and somehow, they remember to do this every day. It's good to spread positivity I suppose, but for some folks, that's mildly annoying enough to earn them an unfollow. 

Some people are just way too into oversharing on social media. Posting every moment of your day, every food you eat, plus 10 selfies a day is just a typical day for some posters. I can't imagine being one of those lifestyle influencers who vlogs about their relationship, plus their subsequent breakups. 

Others share every little thing about their child, which I'm sure the kid won't appreciate when they grow up. We truly don't need to know what your baby is eating for every meal of their entire life, yet that won't stop the "sharenting" from occurring. One person even noted that they unfollow someone as soon as they have a baby, which is extreme, but it will prevent them from seeing like posts that are just like 65 photos of "Tommy's first time at Grandma's house!". Parents who use their social media as a "journal" are even worse to me: you could make a private social media page for just yourself and maybe a few trusted family members to follow. But if you're posting about your kid's medical issues or documenting their every step, you're just looking for attention from your numerous followers. 

Check out a bunch of people who got so fed up with their friend's overposting that they clicked "unfollow." Then, check out the story of the motorcycle mechanic who kept a customer's bike for 4+ months!

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    What convinced you to unfollow your friend on social media?
    via u/floogieflowser
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    wander_woman A selfie every morning on her way to work in her car. I don't mind selfies, but this was overload.
    via u/wander_w0man
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    mealzer As soon as someone has a baby I unfollow them
    via u/mealzer
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    vis... A girl broke up with her ex and immediately began. dating another guy. I don't know if they cheated and were trying to prove something or if they were genuinely obsessed with each other, but they started posting cutesy couple pictures on Facebook nonstop.
    via u/visvya
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    If they made breakfast, they'd take a picture of themselves cooking, a picture with the finished product, a selfie with the finished product, a selfie of them making out over the finished product, a picture of the table setting, and on and on. If they went on vacation, they would upload individual pictures almost constantly. Proper vacation picture etiquette is creating
    via u/visvya
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    a single album after you get back from your trip. Then, after one of them posted a series of pictures, the other would download the pictures and reupload the exact same pictures to their timeline. I couldn't stand seeing them kiss. every morning, so I unfollowed both.
    via u/visvya
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    bestbet21 breaks up with boyfriend "I don't need a man to make me happy" "Isn't it funny the person you love the most can hurt you the most" "Here's a picture of me and my best friend, he knows me so well!!!!" picture of some random guy "I don't chase boys I'll forget all about you" And so on...
    via u/bestbet21
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    gets back together with boyfriend later that week "This is my one true love" "We fight but nothing can ever tear us apart, haters don't understand" Repeat over and over
    via u/bestbet21
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    MinnyWild11 Excessive hashtags
    via u/MinnyWild11
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    YeOldThrowaway... Gratuitous gym documentation along with long humble brag monologue captions. I'm all for self empowerment girl but it stopped being that about 700 flex pics ago
    via u/YeOldThrowawayname
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    [deleted] he spoiled Game of Thrones.
    via u/[deleted]
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    afoz345 After I realized she absolutely could not tolerate an opinion other than her own. Any sign of dissent was attacked by replying either "no-one cares" or "shut up".
    via u/afoz345
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    This was coming from a college professor with a PhD. I would have loved to be in the room when she had to defend her thesis. She also once said that if a person does not have a PhD, they are not allowed to have an opinion. That was the last straw. I told her to enjoy her echo chamber and peaced the f out.
    via u/afoz345
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    sq... Veiled narcissism. "Oh I look so fat today." Highly filtered picture of them at their ideal angle. "stressful day at work"
    via u/squeeeeenis
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    Picture of there work monitor with all sorts of irrelevant programs open. "I'm such a nerd!" Post showing them playing Nintendo at their friends house. Etc...
    via u/squeeeeenis
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    ReportedPasta When one of them posted a quote with a minion laughing next to it.
    via u/ReportedPasta
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    TalkToMeAboutYo... A friend of mine has a child with medical issues. She would constantly give status updates with very detailed information about his medical issues, very personal information. I asked her on numerous occasions if she had told her son that she was sharing all of this personal information about him, and her response was always something like "I
    via u/TalkToMeAboutYourCat
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    use Facebook like a journal, it's for venting, no one can see it." One time she shared something extremely embarrassing that happened to her son, and I was horrified for him. I asked her once again in the comments, as tactfully as I could, whether she thought it was okay to be sharing this story with people her son doesn't know. She responded with
    via u/TalkToMeAboutYourCat
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    "We've discussed this before. My Facebook page is private, no one can read it." And then one of her other friends, who I don't know, jumped in with "HER PAGE HER CONTENT."
    via u/TalkToMeAboutYourCat
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    I wanted, very badly, to respond to my friend with "If no one can read it, how come I can read it," and to her screaming bannerman with "HER PAGE, APPARENTLY HER SON'S CONTENT," but instead I just noped out and dropped her. I feel really bad for her poor son, though. He's going to have a real hard time trusting her in the future, if he doesn't already.
    via u/TalkToMeAboutYourCat
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    lilaprilshowers Poor guy was autistic, so it's not like Facebook etiquette came natural to him. But there are only so many inane, "Just finished watching Jeopardy", "Waiting for the toast to pop" kind of messages flooding your feed, I mean like 4 or 5 in a few minutes of scrolling, you can take.
    via u/lilaprilshowers
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    eachfire Unfollowed and blocked my ex. Felt proud. Then she started popping up in our mutual friends' photos. Welp, unfollowed them too. No ragrets.
    via u/eachfire
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    annoyingone Vaguebooking posts. You know those ones where they try to get other people to ask what happened like "I have had it" or "I am so ped" or "That's it I am done with them." I always reply with this statement
    via u/annoyingone
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    "You have been found guilty of Vaguebooking. Please cease and desist all further attempts at vaguebooking. Failure to comply will result in unfriending on Facebook and/or in real life." I got unfriended twice for posting this. Saved me the trouble.
    via u/annoyingone
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    MidKnight_Corsair kept posting spoilers about Game of Thrones. Not just descriptions, he would post gifs from the latest episode. Ahle.
    via u/MidKnight_Corsair
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    Ac... I'm pretty brutal with my social media, and have regular "purges" where I get rid of anyone who hasn't interacted with me in a while, and people who I will realistically never see again. Sometimes I really liked the person, but if they haven't actually messaged me, or even liked something I posted in about 2 years, then I don't need to see
    via u/AccidentalDystmesis
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    photos of their holidays or whatever. I try to keep my number of contacts between 150 - 170 people, so I do this every couple of months. EDIT: this thread prompted me to go and delete 13 people off my friends list. Pretty sure they won't even notice.
    via u/AccidentalDystmesis
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    miyahmoto Daily baby photos. I'm pretty tolerant on social media, but I don't need daily updates on what your son looks like.
    via u/miyahmoto
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    Too many posts about anything will drive people away

    Cole-Spudmoney Countless posts about veganism and nothing else.
    via u/Cole-Spudmoney
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    [deleted] One of my sorority sisters went on a tirade about how tacky Gmail email addresses are. She said they were unprofessional and only Google employees should have them. B, what? I deleted her so fast and shared screenshots of her rant on another social media platform.
    via u/[deleted]
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    Kaeriuchi I was following a personal account of someone I knew. Few months later, it degenerated into a One Direction fan account.
    via u/Kaeriuchi
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    luft-waffle He started quoting himself with super generic inspirational stuff. "Strength is not putting others down. True strength is showing others how to be strong and lifting them up." off and di..
    via u/luft-waffle
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    mona_mayfair Constantly commenting on things like 'I bet you can't think of a five letter word beginning with 'c', but with misspelled words. Constant posts of 'share this if you love your daughter' or 'share this if you miss someone in heaven'. She seemed to
    via u/mona_mayfair
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    spend her entire life on Facebook. Next step is to hide her from seeing much things as she comments on everything I post.
    via u/mona_mayfair
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    ilikebagels29 Constantly seeing pictures of them doing stuff with our mutual friends that I was never invited too. Good day.
    via u/ilikebagels29
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    ScorchingBullet "Like this status if..." If I see anything like that come from you, or someone else's post, I have lost all of my respect for you as a human. I still see it in YouTube comments sometimes and think, "What is the point?"
    via u/ScorchingBullet

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