> the most frustrating thing is how many of these people we delete that just keep re-adding themselves. Facebook really should not re-suggest a friend if you delete them.
Try blocking them? That might prevent re-recommendation.
But the moment you un-friend someone, they instantly show back up in your friend suggestions. So while Dad doesn't really talk to these people, the desire to not offend them, and their desire to connect with names the recognize, just puts everyone in a spot where they are prompted to re-friend one another.
Thanks though! I don't use Facebook myself, so there may be some other options I'm not aware of. I just want to not see those people and not have them show up in a friend suggestion, but also not block them from talking to Dad if they ever need to.
It's the overly-political ones, or the ones that spew fake news, that I worry about. Dad would say, "Oh I trust their father, they aren't going to lie to me, if they said they saw Joe Biden at a satanic ritual eating freshly killed Christian babies, they wouldn't lie about it!" =P (Only slightly exaggerated from some of the stuff these wackos post.) Or he thinks the internet is moderated by Walter Cronkite, "They wouldn't let them post it if it wasn't true!" (And honestly the "citation needed" marks have made things worse since a lot of times they don't show up and that makes Dad think it's been verified.)
Blocking them may be the best call... but it's hard if they find out they are blocked since that makes more drama. Then they call, "Why did you block me on Facebook, was your account hacked?" kind of stuff. I just want like a "mute" button that makes the person not ever show up in the feed or comments, but doesn't cause them to ever show up as "blocked." If you know how to do that in Facebook let me know. "Shadowban" is that the right term? =P Opt out!