Quote Originally Posted by OneLeft View Post
Your friend has to have been inactive for atleast 6 monthes, not you.
People (even outside of this forum) are saying that friends of theirs who they are pretty sure were active in the last 6 months have been removed (both parties were active during that 6+ month time frame). That's why clarification has been requested.

The friend's list should have not been touched in the first place - I think CrimsonTider has pointed out why already, how it impacted him, quote, "it's inexcusable. I spent years building relationships, gathering alternate account IGN's, and saving those over my own alternates to only have that taken away. There is no way for me to remember each person I've met in this game, nor to recall which IGN they may be using to get in touch with them if they happened to have returned."