Defriending on Facebook

[disalarming]

What is it about today’s culture that the statement “I defriended [name] on Facebook” has more of an impact than “[Name] and I aren’t friends anymore”?

Is it because simply saying that two people are not friends isn’t enough anymore and that “proof” must be provided to validate the statement? Or is it because Facebook has permeated our lives so much that unless social and romantic developments in one’s personal lives are documented on the website, they aren’t “official”?

Inquiring minds would like to know.

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.