How can people have 500+ friends on Facebook???

Thoughts_Arrive
Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited July 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
It beggars belief.
Surely they don't know that many people?
This dude that I used to work with (the same one who was perving on my cousins by looking at their photos) adds like 7 a day and has 700+ friends.
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,255
    I'm sure that I know 500 people.

    I'm also sure that I know damn well that I don't know 500 people that I want to stay in constant contact with.

    I think some people will just accept requests from anyone and they'll use the 'people you may know' feature and friend request them. I don't get it, but if it floats their boat, then whatever.
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i have 700+ without ever really actively trying... anyone that went through college with facebook is probably in the same boat... maybe i don't keep in touch with all those people, but at some point i met each of them through a friend of a friend or something along those lines

    thinking of cleaning house now that I'm done with school though... streamline it and make it work friendly :)

    its a big effort to go through and delete one by one though...
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,255
    I went through college with facebook (well the last 2 years of college anyways as it launched my junior year), but I don't have anywhere close to that number. I'm barely over 100, but then again I'm selective about who I accept as a friend. If you're selective about it, it's not a pain to back through and unfriend later.
  • BlackThirteen
    BlackThirteen Posts: 423
    It all has to do with people just wanting to show how popular they are. I've gotten requests from people I didn't even know and always rejected them. Even going through college I only had like 130 "friends" and a few months ago I deleted a bunch of people I don't keep in contact with and I'm now down to 62. There's still a few people I rarely talk to but I enjoy their company. Sorry for hijacking the thread to talk about my own circumstances. :p

    But yeah it's definitely just people not caring who "friends" them.
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    Some people will add you for anything... especially if you like pearl jam, i've found.
    There certainly are a lot of Eddie Vedders adding me (or at least it seems so because the ONLY picture is their profile picture and that's EV)
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • ZiggyStar
    ZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    I have about 250 friends now....and possibly about 100 of them are PJ 'friends'.

    I generally say no to people from school, ex-work mates etc adding me because I don't want any of them knowing what the fuck I'm doing....there's a reason why I am no longer in contact with them....but for people I don't really know like PJ friends etc who normally find me because 60 of their friends are friends with me, I don't give a shit what they know. I find it interesting looking at all their tour photos, plans etc etc too.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    when you think about large high schools, and if you added everyone in your class from a big high school....there's several hundred right there. Plus most people are friends with ppl in other grades, so there's a couple more hundred. Theses ppl with 500+ "friends" really just have about 500+ acquaintances more or less. I'm sure they don't talk to these people much.
    "It's all happening"
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I have just under 60.
    I only choose people who are real friends and family.
    Actually the reason I registered was to keep in touch with family.
    I do not have anyone from work even though one childish idiot keeps telling me all the time to join.
    She doesn't know I do have one, I lie about it.
    And I only accept people from school if I actually talked to them.
    I had one idiot request I add him, but he never bothered to communicate with me so I deleted him.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    it actually didnt take that long to trim down my numbers at all... still just under 300, but i can honestly say all of them are either family, good friends, or business-related connections

    guess that makes me a big fat phony :P
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    500 is utterly ridiculous,some people just add everyone that requests ... I have 19,all real friends and family ... I prefer it that way.
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    My roommates annoying girl friend has about 500, and NO real life friends. It's sad. When she threw her birthday party, the only person who showed was her cousin..
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I have 147 friends, half of which I'd prefer to delete.. my question is, if you delete them, will it keep suggesting you as a friend to them because you have friends in common?
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Well mainly a lot of PJ community peeps.

    549 ;)
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Brisk. wrote:
    Well mainly a lot of PJ community peeps.

    549 ;)
    Thats another vow I made with facebook. When I had myspace, I had a lot of "Pearl Jam" friends. With facebook I will ONLY add people I've met and know, family, friends and coworkers. If I need to communicate with Pearl Jam peeps, thats why I have an account here..
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    I have a total of 6 friends on facebook. I personally think anyone over 7 are face book wh**es. ;)
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    People need to get over the insecurity behind caring about other people's friend lists. This comes up all the time; it's totally subjective. Some people think 7 is too many, others think 700 is no big deal. Who are you to judge the motives behind the why/who/what/where of someone else's friend list? There are a million and one reasons to add or deny someone as a fb friend...WHY do you fucking care at all??? The people whining that people have too many friends are usually the ones who are insecure about their tiny little lists ;)
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,174
    I have over 500 friends on Facebook. It consists of people I was genuinely friends with in High School and College, current friends and family and people to network with (it is social NETWORKING). I am not a "just add anyone" person. The only people that are not people I know personally are other Doulas. Facebook has been a GREAT source of information for me with my Doula business. I have friended Doulas from across the US and we all use our FB as a way to post the latest research findings, tips of the trade, amazing birth stories etc.

    Its not all bad folks.
  • IwasBit10
    IwasBit10 Posts: 646
    I was way up there after college, but I trimmed it down and I'm now just under 300. Great way to stay keep in touch with people, especially since my family and friends are all over the world. Plus I like creeping on people's pictures :lol:;)

    My sister has over 1,600 "friends" :o
    He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share, his key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere.
  • Nima36
    Nima36 Posts: 221
    No one actually has 500 Friends. As Marc Maron says 'All you need is 2, One who is the “go-to” guy, and the Second guy you go to when the "go-to" guy is tired of listening to you.

    I just hate having A Facebook friend who then feels that every little thing they do is worthy of a Status Update. 'MMMMM Chicken Pot Pie with Mashed Potatoes' is not a Status Update!
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    i have 2 friends on myspace.
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