With every click of the “Remove from friends” button, you risk burning a bridge, losing a contact and missing an opportunity. So every time I go to click the button, my heart hurts.

　　However, I’m not the only one who has experienced a Faceboook friend refreshing. The New Oxford American Dictionary announces its “Word of the Year” each year, and last year, “unfriend” made the cut (入围) (though I’ll still stick with “defriend”).

　　When I started my mission(任务), a few friends joined. Most were surprised by how easily they could cut hundreds of connections without thinking twice.

　　“Oh my God, I defriended like 600 people today. I feel so good!” my friend Sarah messaged.

　　Dana, a close friend from high school, and I battled it out to see who could get our counts lower. She wins at 123.

　　To some, it’s poor “netiquette(网络礼仪)” to defriend. But to me, it’s the stage of life when we hold onto the people who count, the people who impact you.

　　36. According to the article, what happens when you click the “Remove form friends” button?

　　A. A message is sent out to your online friends.

　　B. You accept someone as your online friend.

　　C. You send out a friend request to people.

　　D. The number of your online friends is reduced.

　　37. The writer worried about her friend count in 2005 because ______.

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