Last year, I made the most difficult decision in Facebook · 9:40am Mar 5th, 2020
I unfriended around 140 people in my friends list. I don't want to be affiliated with people who are mutual friends with someone who used to be my best friend but backstabbed me by fatshaming the hell out of me relentlessly, to the point of gossiping his friends about my weight. The fact that this happened before graduating from high school 10 years ago is one of the most hurtful experiences I've ever had. It made me learn to be careful in choosing the right people to be friends with.
His act of betrayal led me to cut him off and block his social media accounts for good. I don't care where that asshole is right now and if he has thousands of friends and followers, it doesn't make him worthy of being human.
I'd rather have a small number of friends than have many who barely mean anything to me. I bear no ill will against the people I've unfriended. I just want to thank them for being part of my life and for the wonderful memories we've shared.
A thousand may follow you but the few that stand beside you, are worth more than gold and fame. They are the people that will lend their ears and shoulders for you, they are the people who shall risk harm for its others, the bond they make shall live on through the ashes of time.
On one hand I can definitely see where you are coming from,
on the other, likely just because I try and be open minded, I don't often approve of making people choose who they should be friends with. They may like you, but also like this guy for reasons. Maybe he was there for them even if he is an ass to you. I have had the experience of people who were utter assholes to me but showed genuine care for others. They may not have liked his treatment of you but because he was good to them and they had camaraderie they could not throw all that away. I could be wrong, but it's possible.