21 Reasons I Unfriended Jim Walberg

Jim Walberg is a good friend and like me he is an avid cyclist and fan of the Tour de France.
I whole heartily recommend everyone follow him on Facebook.
He’s one of the warmest human beings you’ll ever meet, should you be so lucky.

But unlike me, Jim doesn’t record the race on his DVR to watch later in the evening. Instead, he prefers to watch it live. For us in the Pacific Time Zone that’s 5:00 AM to around 8:30 AM. I don’t mind waking up at 5, but by the stage end it’s 8:30 and I should really be getting things done at work.

It’s what he does next that caused me to unfriend him.
(ok, not really)

Jim posts the results of the race on his Facebook Profile!

Unfortunately for me, I have Jim on one of my Lists. As a matter of fact, he’s on The List I use to check in with all my favorite people on Facebook. That means, when I go over to Facebook, one of the first things I see is Jim’s update. That kind of spoils the race for me later on in the evening.

There’s 21 Stages (races) that make up the Tour which means Jim would be spoiling it for me 21 times.

I’m just not going to have that.

MY THREE CHOICES

I could have just unfriended Jim (yeah, that seems a little harsh),
or I could ask him NOT to post these items, (yes the world revolves around me)
or I could adapt myself and remove him from my list (for the 21 days)

Obviously, I’m going with choice number 3
Here’s How:

For the record: I’m rooting for Peter Sagan this year. I watched Peter Sagan dominate the Amgen Tour of California this year. He’s an huge underdog but is holding the Green Jersey right now. He’s 22 and doesn’t have a team supporting him towards the G.C. but watch out in the future – the guy is one hell of a sprinter!

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http://www.facebook.com/carolelynnesanek Carole Sanek

I do this too. I have a None of your Business list where I put people who tend to not want to hear my life (imagine), those who get argumentative but we are very inter-connected, idiots who lack social media graces LOL and occasionally someone who doesn’t need to know my business.
- http://AreWeConnected.com mikemueller
  
  I’ve said it before, Lists are the magic key to managing most anything in Social Media. Lists help me refine, filter and sort.
Jim Walberg

Just for a moment, Mike, I felt a tinge of sadness to think we weren’t going to be connected any more. I guess i can manage for the remainder of the Tour. And, what a thrilling tour it is. I am still holding out for Cadell Evans to win his second Tour. However Bradley Wiggins and Christopher Froome are laying down some amazing times. See you FB after the tour.
- http://AreWeConnected.com mikemueller
  
  You know I could never do without my daily dose of Jim Walberg!
  <3 you!
Kirk Bailey

Mike, after 21 days without Jim’s posts streaming down your newsfeed, you might look at it like the kids and I view cable TV now… it’s a little quieter around here since we disconnected it in 2009.
- http://AreWeConnected.com mikemueller
  
  Kirk, DirecTV cancelled MTV yesterday and I thought my life was empty without Jersey Shore and Snookie, but oh how I was wrong!
  
  I had no concept of how empty my life would really be without Jim in my newsfeed.
  Woe is me!