Are you the better person if you try to message an old friend but they just ignore you?

[VGH]

Say you added an old friend on Facebook and send them a message saying that you haven't seen them in a while, hope to talk again etc, but you never hear back from them, am I the better person for making the effort?
By the way, they do remember me because I see them all the time and they even look at me as if they are embarrassed.

[Sam]

naturally yes, that makes you a nice person

[Amy Bob]

Yeah because your the one that tried and made the first move, shows you also thought about them and wanted to talk and see how they are etc

[Anne H]

yes you are

[llll]

Same with me, I was his first friend and we were like best buds and then he moved the a few years later I find him on facebook and he accepts my friend request but when I message him he ignores me.