I got the impression from somewhere (can't remember where I read this, or IF I even did) that the Unfriendee is not specifically notified of the Unfriending. But I could be wrong. As I said above, you can just Hide people, which accomplishes the same thing without hurting any feelings.

I have a lot of friends, not to rack up look-how-popular-I-am points but because I get a load of requests from other harp people and I tend to just accept them point-blank. I find it very useful to be connected to the wider harp world Out There, and FB Friends make a good means of contact with others who share one's specialised interests. But that's a professional thing, not a personal one.

I have put up very little actual info about myself. You can see from the photo that I play the harp and am a woman. I also got an AOL email account specifically for Facebook, which I display publicly for contact purposes (and it has never been abused). But it's also "quarantined" in case there's any mischief because I can then identify the source.

I like Facebook for the quick-&-easy chat you can have with friends who are too far away to see often (or at all), and also for the folks out of the dim & distant past whom you'd lost contact with. As Genie says, you can use it in any way you like, a lot or a little.