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Actually, I did that with an ex and in fact it made things a lot worse. If I had, in fact, chosen just to dwindle them out of my life then I wouldn't have spent two years in an on-off relationship which was emotionally and psychologically abusive on both sides of the fence.

Cutting them off just caused all their friends to add me and start sending me messages. In fact, I even had to change my phone number just to get away from it all, since I was receiving phone calls constantly throughout the day from her and her friends saying abuse

I guess it really depends with what sort of person you're dealing with. If they're really really into you/demented, like my ex was, then cutting them out gently is probably best. If it's you who's into them then you should probably cut yourself out completely in order to protect both them and yourself (you don't want to be manipulated or anything).

I think it really depends on what sort of people they are and how reliant they are on the service. My girlfriend never uses Facebook and thus we never argue over it, and if we did split up then we'd probably still be ok to keep in touch through it. But if someone is a Facebook-aholic then probably best not to keep them there.