# Facebook Faux-Pas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-faux-pas/472312 "2008-11-12T06:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uznuS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b2d939/32.png) [@uznuS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uznuS)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-faux-pas/472312/1 "2008-11-12T06:21:02Z")
As some of you know, I recently started cramming for the February LSAT exam. To find more time for studying, I decided to suspend my facebook account. When one tries to close their account, they are left with the option to be able to restore the account at a later time. Presumably once I’ve written my big test I’ll do just that in a few months. So after a few phone calls from concerned friends, itit occurred to me: does facebook not distinguish between someone who has deleted you/set to ignore from their friend list and someone like myself who left altogether? I don’t particularly want anyone thinking the only reason they don’t see my profile anymore is that I singled them out and selected delete/ignore. Is there really no difference between the effects of these two scenarios? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-faux-pas/472312/2 "2008-11-12T08:43:30Z")
Nope. Facebook doesn’t let you know why someone’s not your friend anymore. I’ve had a few Facebook-friends disappear for a few months and then suddenly pop back, for similar reasons as you describe, without any notice. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-faux-pas/472312/3 "2008-11-12T13:32:05Z")
I’m curious – why would you have to suspend your account? Couldn’t you just not log on to Facebook while you’re cramming? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-faux-pas/472312/4 "2008-11-12T15:10:45Z")
Just update your status and let everyone know you will be gone for X amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-faux-pas/472312/5 "2008-11-12T15:16:01Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’m curious – why would you have to suspend your account? Couldn’t you just not log on to Facebook while you’re cramming? That’s kind of like suggesting he “just” doesn’t log on to the Dope. Not gunna happen. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Punintentional](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@Punintentional](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punintentional)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-faux-pas/472312/6 "2008-11-12T15:37:46Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > That’s kind of like suggesting he “just” doesn’t log on to the Dope. Not gunna happen. 😛 LOL!!! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-faux-pas/472312/7 "2008-11-12T17:09:47Z")
> [@uznuS](#): > > does facebook not distinguish between someone who has deleted you/set to ignore from their friend list and someone like myself who left altogether? Of course not. 90% of the time, if you delete someone specifically, you don’t _want_ them to know you’ve blocked them, so it looks like you’re not on the site at all.