'Friend-Watch' Facebook app tells you who deletes you

A new Facebook app is called "Friend-Watch," but it may be better dubbed "Unfriend-Watch." It monitors your list of Facebook friends, letting you know about people who delete, block or unblock you. It also lets you know when people change their name and add you as a friend and keeps some stats tied to your friend counts, such as the percent of female vs. male friends.

All of that sounds good for those who really need or want to know that info. But you not only learn who deletes you — your remaining friends will also know when you delete someone, unless you change the default setting in the app, according to TechCrunch:

... the app defaults to automatically posting to your wall when you “unfriend” someone. That may not be something you want to advertise. To change this, you’ll need to head into the app’s Settings section and switch that to “off” by hitting the “Toggle” link. You may want to toggle off the daily summary email.

The app is from Andrew McGrath who also came up with another Facebook app, "Who Isn't My Friend?" which was rejected by the social network (it notified you when someone unfriended you). For "Friend-Watch," McGrath told TechCrunch, he received Facebook's blessing.

Attempts to try out the app Tuesday were fruitless, with one person associated with the app saying that Facebook is "currently experiencing API issues ... Friend-Watch will be back online as soon as these issues are resolved, we're sorry for the inconvenience."

If you feel like trying it out, let us know what you think, and what your friends — or maybe, former friends — think as well.

— Via TechCrunch

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