3-4 weeks. Right now I probably have a few that need to be replaced but I generally don't bother until I have a good handful of people. I'm actually starting to like random adds because so many of my niehbors stop playing so often, it gets tedious having to replace so much plus those people are turning out to be good adds :mrgreen:

I guess I'm pretty harsh. I give about a week, on average. The way it typically works out is that I don't notice they're gone until there's nothing to tap. On a typical max-level town, that might take anywhere from 4 days to a week. I start paying attention when I have to check their Krustyland for something to tap. By the time everything's gone, I take a look at how long they've been offline. If it's less than 3-4 days, I give them a little more. If it's close to or more than a week, I drop them. There are exceptions: if I see a message saying they're on vacation, or if I particularly like their town or know them from the forum, I give them more leeway. But basically, I usually have at least 10 friend requests pending because people keep randomly sending them. I don't really sweat losing one random for another.

I generally allow around 8 weeks before I think about removing them from my neighbours list.

Active forum member...I give him/her two weeks before I send a PM asking them what's going on.Random person? A week at most. No connection to them, no reason to keep someone I don't know around when there are others who need neighbors and who are active all the time.

For me, it depends on who the neighbor is. If they have been a good neighbor for a long time, and then I see inactivity, I assume something may be going on with them, so I'll give them more time than normal. Otherwise, I typically unfriend after 4 hours of inactivity, unless they're an excellent neighbor, then I may double that time.

If there is consistently nothing to tap in someone's town. So if I am friends with someone and they log in once every 6 days but I can only tap their town once a week, that person will be deleted. Had to delete someone who was a weekly player only a few eels ago. Just had nothing to tap when I visited. When I check I usually give people a week. As said before though, I am much more lenient with RL friends and forums members.

Minimum amount of time before unfriending

velinadelinis
10 years ago
izabellatrix wrote:
I wait until they haven't been on in 4-5 days, then I un-friend. Is that too harsh?

If it leaves there town untappable then no. Not at all. I usually find towns tapped out by that stage and if it is continuous it becomes annoying.
bernie_bkk171
10 years ago
About 4 to 5 weeks, then I will delete them.
During events a week...
wadebear
Retired Hero
10 years ago
If I can't find anything to tap in their town I'll usually give them 2 days during an event that requires friend actions, 5 days in non-event. Unless my blood sugar is low...

I started just before THOH 2014 and got a bunch of neighbors (tapping aliens), after it was over I discovered one of my neighbors hadn't been in her(?) town for 3 weeks.

I'm a donut collector. Every tap in a neighbor's town is a chance for a donut. Every day I can't tap something is a potentially lost donut. (I got six practically one after another a couple of days ago.) Just 80 more donuts to go and I'll have enough for Professor Frink in my pure Freemium town. I only need 35 more in my Premium town (though I'm not spending any more money on this game unless I win the lottery).
iharrison640
10 years ago
Maybe I'm a little harsh but just a couple of days for an established player with nothing to tap and they're cut.

I'm more lenient with lower level players.
velinadelinis
10 years ago
vetteeater wrote:
If someone has a house farm they may last a month without being active but if there's nothing to tap for 2 weeks they're gone

I deleted someone a few weeks back as he had most buildings squished into 2 strips of land, at max land and the entire SF was a house farm. I don't mind tasteful farms but the farm never changed so I deleted them.
izabellatrix
10 years ago
velinadelinis wrote:
izabellatrix wrote:
I wait until they haven't been on in 4-5 days, then I un-friend. Is that too harsh?

If it leaves there town untappable then no. Not at all. I usually find towns tapped out by that stage and if it is continuous it becomes annoying.

Yes, only if there's nothing to tap. If there's stuff to tap, I wouldn't even check how long they've been gone.
izabellatrix
10 years ago
velinadelinis wrote:
vetteeater wrote:
If someone has a house farm they may last a month without being active but if there's nothing to tap for 2 weeks they're gone

I deleted someone a few weeks back as he had most buildings squished into 2 strips of land, at max land and the entire SF was a house farm. I don't mind tasteful farms but the farm never changed so I deleted them.

I have a couple friends like that. It's really ugly but I don't care, since there's always something to tap.
maryclaire1
10 years ago
izabellatrix wrote:
velinadelinis wrote:
vetteeater wrote:
If someone has a house farm they may last a month without being active but if there's nothing to tap for 2 weeks they're gone

I deleted someone a few weeks back as he had most buildings squished into 2 strips of land, at max land and the entire SF was a house farm. I don't mind tasteful farms but the farm never changed so I deleted them.

I have a couple friends like that. It's really ugly but I don't care, since there's always something to tap.

I don't mind house farms as long as some of the houses are available for neighbors to tap. I figure they are building up their money supply and that's one way to do it.
velinadelinis
10 years ago
maryclaire1 wrote:
izabellatrix wrote:
velinadelinis wrote:
vetteeater wrote:
If someone has a house farm they may last a month without being active but if there's nothing to tap for 2 weeks they're gone

I deleted someone a few weeks back as he had most buildings squished into 2 strips of land, at max land and the entire SF was a house farm. I don't mind tasteful farms but the farm never changed so I deleted them.

I have a couple friends like that. It's really ugly but I don't care, since there's always something to tap.

I don't mind house farms as long as some of the houses are available for neighbors to tap. I figure they are building up their money supply and that's one way to do it.

I don't normally care about house farms. Just there is a point where is is too much. I couldn't handle seeing squashed cool premiums :(
maryclaire1
10 years ago
velinadelinis wrote:
maryclaire1 wrote:
izabellatrix wrote:
velinadelinis wrote:
vetteeater wrote:
If someone has a house farm they may last a month without being active but if there's nothing to tap for 2 weeks they're gone

I deleted someone a few weeks back as he had most buildings squished into 2 strips of land, at max land and the entire SF was a house farm. I don't mind tasteful farms but the farm never changed so I deleted them.

I have a couple friends like that. It's really ugly but I don't care, since there's always something to tap.

I don't mind house farms as long as some of the houses are available for neighbors to tap. I figure they are building up their money supply and that's one way to do it.

I don't normally care about house farms. Just there is a point where is is too much. I couldn't handle seeing squashed cool premiums :(

I'm freemium and I have a small house farm. I get a bit defensive when people talk of deleting house farmers. :lol: