Ghosting

Illustration of a person looking at their phone against a dark-blue background, illuminated by the light. The person is wearing a ghost-like sheet over their body with two eye-holes, and has their chin propped up in their free hand. There are illustrative text and social media notifications projecting from the phone.
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Ghosting people and healthier ways to end relationships

Peak Web January 31, 2024

By: Daniel Salcedo Rubio, Features Editor I think it’s fair to assume we’ve all either been ghosted or have ghosted someone in our lives. Sometimes, it feels like ceasing any further communication with a particular person is the best way to move forward. Right now, for example, I’m being ghosted by my thesis supervisory committee whenever I try to schedule a meeting. While I’m not particularly fond of ghosting people, I definitely think it’s completely acceptable to not interact further with someone under certain circumstances, especially when their behaviour is coming at the cost of your mental well-being. Ghosting, the…

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Someone dressed up as a ghost.
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Why aren’t you answering my texts?

Peak Web November 28, 2023

By: Sharon Ha, SFU student Dear ghoster,  Decades and centuries ago, all someone could do was cut you off in-person. Now they can leave you on read, delete the message thread, block you . . . But that’s not the…

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