Stats of our lives: Unfriendly fire
Why Facebook users "unfriend" people on the social network — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures

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Percent of Facebook users who "unfriend" people over offensive comments
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Percent who do so because they don't know the "friends" well enough
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Percent who do so because the "friends" routinely post depressing comments
Sources: Gawker, Mashable, NM Incite

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