Thursday Is National Unfriend Day

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BOSTON (CBS) – If you haven't already lost a few Facebook pals over the election, now's your chance to make that list of friends a little more exclusive.

Thursday is National Unfriend Day – a holiday created by comedian Jimmy Kimmel in 2010.

Today is #NationalUnfriendDay . I don't have time to go through my list. But if you say something dumb.... pic.twitter.com/HFHJHz3WgA
— Kristina Kage (@KristinaOnAir) November 17, 2016

Today is #NationalUnfriendDay - Let the 76th Hunger Games Beginnnnnnn!!!!
— Emma-Leigh Hopkins (@ForwardRole_EH) November 17, 2016

Want to shed some of those "friends" but don't know where to start? How about the ones who keep flooding your news feed with fake stories?

A Merrimack College professor has created a list of false and misleading websites that are spreading bad information on social media.

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