** Updated 6/6/2008 ***
~~~ Facebook has added the functionality called for in this post. ~~~~~~
Facebook puts a panel in your Home page "People You May Know." It randomly displays 3 of the multitudes who share a connection with you, and links to a page that shows all such friends of friends.
For each of these people, there are action buttons such as "Add to Friends", "Send Message." But there is no button "Make Disappear." Some of these friends of friends can be Enemies: or at least, major dope bags. I'm not asking that they be smited from the face of the Earth, only that their face be wiped out from the face of my Facebook. There should be a button: "Don't Show this Person Again" or "Remove From List (Always)."
Facebook has shown a commitment to allow users to customize their experience. But for every feature and connection-promoter, there are more implications regarding privacy and peace of mind. To make this right, Facebook should allow for Hiding Content/Function Segments from the Home Page just as it allows you to Remove/Collapse boxes from your profile. Secondly, it should always allow the ability to Block an Individual: not just to prevent that person from viewing your profile, but to avoid any chance of you having to see their face.
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