Anonymous wrote:I have 400. I'm 37. I have a big family, went to a big high school, went to a big university, went to a big grad school, and have friends from volunteering and travel abroad. They add up.

Plus 1000

Op seems threatened if someone has more (anything) than her. Grow up, op. You will be much happier if you do!

Anonymous wrote:Do you think these people actually have that many friends and are liked and respected by many people? Or is it something else?

I have a fake account for a fake person (as in not real) and I have almost 300 "friends." I did it as a test to see how the friend thing worked.
High numbers mean NOTHING. A good person who has good friends will have a small number of "friends."

Anonymous wrote:My SIL has over 600. She adds people if she recognizes their name, or if they are friends with friends of hers.

My brother will add anyone with the same last name. A couple of times now he's asked me if I know them because he can't figure out who they are... yet he adds them.

So from my own experience, it means nothing.

LOL, I've gotten a few of those, we have an uncommon last name. When one comes along I always ask DH "do you know a John T****?" It's always a no

How old are you and when did you join facebook?

I am very early 30s and joined it in its infancy - when you needed an invitation. I have 300ish friends and many of my peers have up to 800 if they're big networkers. Younger folks have a lot because they accumulated them through college and never stopped. I'd say slightly over half of mine I don't ever speak to or haven't in a few years.

If you're over 36 or joined fairly recently, I'd assume most of your friends are friends or relevant acquaintances (school parents, coworkers, former classmates), and that it's more representative of your true larger circle. My mom (63) for example has about 60 friends and they're mostly "re connections." My husband (38) joined years after college, had as many friends as me, and blocks most of them from many of his posts.

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Anonymous wrote:In some cases, it means you have a hobby.

I was unclear. My spouse has many, many but he runs a rec activity. Another friend with zillions is a musician.

Ha! I am a musician, and can attest to this. I have 800-something "friends" on Facebook. We meet so many people and everyone knows everyone. It's helpful for networking and managing events. I have my privacy settings so that most people cant see much on my timeline, including pics of my kid. I make a point to go in every so often and confirm that my privacy settings are customized.

Anonymous wrote:In some cases, it means you have a hobby.

I was unclear. My spouse has many, many but he runs a rec activity. Another friend with zillions is a musician.

In some cases, it means you have a hobby.

Anonymous wrote:y do u care

no 1 noes

I have 400. I'm 37. I have a big family, went to a big high school, went to a big university, went to a big grad school, and have friends from volunteering and travel abroad. They add up.

y do u care

It means you spend a lot of time on Facebook.

I have close to 250. I don't sent out friend requests and I only accept ones for people I know or am familiar with. I have friends from high school, from college and from three different activities that I participate or work in (one large group is the theater community and I've been active in both professional and community theater). In a couple of cases, I have spouses or parents of people I know, but in each case, I've met and spoken to all of them.

My friends who have way too many friends, who just accept or friend randomly have over 600 and a couple have over 1000. Those are the ones who after several years send out the "I'm purging my FB friends list. If I haven't spoken to you in X months and you want to stay on my list, PM me..." or something like that.

Having over 200 means nothing. For some it means that they are popular For others, it means that they are indiscriminate in accepting FB friends. You can't tell which each person is.

My sister has hundreds.

Most are former students and former classmates.