Its a refreshing feeling, but its also a wee extreme for minor infractions.
Thankfully, Facebook gives you a digital arsenal for dealing with annoying people on its platform.
And we, at Lifehacker, recommend having a graduated response on social media.
Heres a handy escalation chart.
Like that computer from WarGames, sometimes the winning move is to not play the game at all.
When someone says something that offends you, or posts something so stupid you cant help but commentdont.
Scroll your mouse down a bit, take a deep breath, and carry on with your day.
Its hard to be the better person sometimes, but youll be a lot less stressed if you try.
Facebooks Snooze feature is a godsend for addressing stupidity.
(And yes, snoozing works with brands, too.)
From there, punch the take a break hyperlink within the text.
Step seven: Take it to DEFCON 1 and deploy the block
Ah, the block.
We have finally come to the end-all, be-all move for getting rid of an annoying person on Facebook.
Blocking is easy, and youre given multiple ways to do so across the Facebook apps and website.
And when you do this, youre basically invisible to the person who has offended you.
Unblocking a person comes with two caveats.
Also, you cant just block and unblock willy-nilly.
Blocking is serious business, man.
