defriending

from Slate:

"Is it OK to de-friend someone?
Say you've been too generous with your friending policy, and a gaggle of strangers is now hogging your News Feed. You too can launch a Great Facebook Purge. The beauty of this is that no headline or notification pops up in your ex-friend's inbox announcing, "You've suffered a humiliating rejection at the hands of _________." It's all very stealthy, thus making it the perfect way to deal with promiscuous frienders."

Yessss... I had pretty much assumed that there would be some sort of headline or notification. Preferably one that can be customized:
Karen has defriended you because you...
... waste too much of her time
... say creepy-ass things whenever she fails to avoid you
... tell long, tedious stories
... smell
... only met once and she has no desire to see you again
... have initiated every single contact you've ever had with her... take the hint.
... post salsa videos every five seconds
... are not friends.

I've already used my newfound knowledge to fearlessly defriend a couple of people who fit the above criteria. Now, if only there were a defriend button for real life...