Serious said:

sextonseven said:

I've never used that buddy list thing in all my years here. And I can read threads for days without logging in so I don't get logging in and not posting unless I'm reading and answering orgnotes.

But like Cerebus, I don't like people so that's most likely why I feel the way he does about this.

But you like your friends, right ?

If I'm orgnoting you every day then it's safe to assume that I like you.

I no longer have facebook. I never understood why people wanted more than 800-1000 friends. I could hardly tolerate having over 100 friends when I did. One reason, is because 'who the hell are these people?' & basically because not everyone needs to know my business. so you probably know my answer by now is NO. Besides you guys are way more funner to talk to. I love you guys.

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Depends on the circumstances. If you're promoting something, yes, it's necessary. if you're a 14 year old girl, like my niece, NO! hit the ignore button every once and awhile, girl! I have some org friends on mine. If things get out of hand with my "friends" I hide their posts.

It's an ego thing.

MacDaddy said:

I have 100+ 'friends' on Facebook.

I guess the breakdown is roughly as follows:

1/5 = orgers

1/5 = former uni/highschool mates

1/5 = colleagues or work related acquaintances

2/5 = real-life friends

Typo edit

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sextonseven said:

Serious said:

But you like your friends, right ?

If I'm orgnoting you every day then it's safe to assume that I like you.

Just checked: I currently have 18 friends on FB, and that's plenty enough for me.

Timmy84 said:

It's an ego thing.

...and a popularity contest - whoever has the most "friends" wins!

PDogz said:

Timmy84 said:

It's an ego thing.

...and a popularity contest - whoever has the most "friends" wins!

I think it is an ego thing to some extent, but that's probably age related.

I didn't know there was an "i hate casey anthony thread" and apparently one for rapper Drake.

I have 753 friends on Facebook. Of that number, about 10 are family members and 75 are friends, if I'm being generous. The rest are people at my school, acquaintanes, or people I see often.

In my defense, I'm in high school, so it's not usually grounded by "real world" restrictions. In the course of one year, I have 7 (or 8) classes for every two days. With 30 students in each class, I encounter 210 to 240 people in my classes alone. It helps to be "friends" with your classmates in case you miss a class or forgot to write down the homework. To me, it's less personal than exchanging numbers, since the majority of teenagers I know are always on their phone, or at least have it nearby.

Beyond that, I tend to be friends with people in my class (2012) just out of convenience. And I think it would behoove me to mention that I went to a difference high school last year, where the above principles I stated would apply.

Last but not least, compared to other high school students in my area, 753 is modest. Most of the people on my friends list have upward of 1000 friends, and I know a large handful that have more than 2000.

Basically what I'm trying to do is rationalize that number. I know it's too many, but that's just the way it is.

EDIT: Side note, I am not "popular" at my school, I just go there.

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sextonseven said:

ZombieKitten said:

I know some of my friends read a lot and don't post so much. One of them might log in and not post at ALL

I've never used that buddy list thing in all my years here. And I can read threads for days without logging in so I don't get logging in and not posting unless I'm reading and answering orgnotes.

But like Cerebus, I don't like people so that's most likely why I feel the way he does about this.

I use it pretty much to stalk you

..I dont like people either!!!!!!!!! ...

I call people I know and like 'my friend' eventhough the correct term would be acquaintance. I don't consider it a popularity contest. I think it's an easy way to keep in touch with people I don't run into that often. And also an easy way to interact with close friends for just 1 minute.

It's a semantic discussion about 'friends' or 'acquaintance'.

Should they be called Facebook acquaintances?

That didn't resonate with the intention of fb. To get as many people involved and keep in touch with eachother. That traffic is advertisement money. So, from fb point of view, you def need 1000 friends. Preferably with as much personal information as possible, because they own that and can resell it, whenever they feel like it. Or are in a weak position that leads them to 'hand it over' to whatever entity.

Giselle said:

I no longer have facebook. I never understood why people wanted more than 800-1000 friends. I could hardly tolerate having over 100 friends when I did. One reason, is because 'who the hell are these people?' & basically because not everyone needs to know my business. so you probably know my answer by now is NO. Besides you guys are way more funner to talk to. I love you guys.

Aww...we love you too!

TylerHippie said:

Tremolina said:

Oh I am sure you are popular and all. It's just not that I would consider people who I simply know friends. I would have hundreds of 'friends' too if I did that.

I hangout with all 420 of them. Not at once of course.

See, you claim people don't really have to have 800-1000 "friends" on FB and that "some people like having that amount of friends to make them seem cool" but you do exactly the same with your 365 "friends".

So for every day of the year you actually have a "friend" you "hang out with"? You must simply be the greatest person alive and have a LOT of spare time on your hands then, seriously. Don't you have work, school, family, a girlfriend and REAL friends to be with instead of with these imaginary "friends"all the time? For real.

This is simply what many people do with FB. Use it as some unreal popularity contest to boost your ego.

Tremolina said:

TylerHippie said:

I hangout with all 420 of them. Not at once of course.

See, you claim people don't really have to have 800-1000 "friends" on FB and that "some people like having that amount of friends to make them seem cool" but you do exactly the same with your 365 "friends".

So for every day of the year you actually have a "friend" you "hang out with"? You must simply be the greatest person alive and have a LOT of spare time on your hands then, seriously. Don't you have work, school, family, a girlfriend and REAL friends to be with instead of with these imaginary "friends"all the time? For real.

This is simply what many people do with FB. Use it as some unreal popularity contest to boost your ego.

Uh, I actually went to 7 different schools throughout my life. I've been to 4 different high schools. With that said, I've met a ton of people. I actually know 365 people. I'm not saying I have 365 friends in one place. Those 365 friends come from places like San Diego, San Fran, Mississippi, Tennesse,Texas and Milwaukee.

And all of those 365 friends treated me like a friend, slept at my house, I've slept at their house, their family and my family accepted each other.

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The answer to the OP's question is no. I have over 100 facebook friends but I would say 3/4 are family. I don't go adding people willy nilly because I just don't care about them that much. I don't want them seeing what I post and I could really care less what they post. I've reconnected with some long last family members and Facebook is fun and easy way to keep in touch.

As far as career networking, I've found way better sites than FB for this. It cracks me up when someone I went to high school with wants to me my FB friend. We didn't like each other then and I haven't seen you in twenty years so.......NO! I have added some high school friends I've remained in contact with over the years. I've even added a couple I didn't get along with in high school. Only after getting to know them in real life and realizing we both had grown up over the years.

I was more lenient when I first signed up but I got tired of hearing people giving me every damn detail of what they did through out the day.

dJJ said:

From fb point of view, you def need 1000 friends. Preferably with as much personal information as possible, because they own that and can resell it, whenever they feel like it. Or are in a weak position that leads them to 'hand it over' to whatever entity.

Exactly. The use of all these clever little marketing techniques such as "stay in touch with all your friends" , "I like this", "share this" is very intentional. All meant to make people feel good about the site and themselves so they can sell it.

TylerHippie said:

Tremolina said:

See, you claim people don't really have to have 800-1000 "friends" on FB and that "some people like having that amount of friends to make them seem cool" but you do exactly the same with your 365 "friends".

So for every day of the year you actually have a "friend" you "hang out with"? You must simply be the greatest person alive and have a LOT of spare time on your hands then, seriously. Don't you have work, school, family, a girlfriend and REAL friends to be with instead of with these imaginary "friends"all the time? For real.

This is simply what many people do with FB. Use it as some unreal popularity contest to boost your ego.

Uh, I actually went to 7 different schools throughout my life. I've been to 4 different high schools. With that said, I've met a ton of people. I actually know 365 people. I'm not saying I have 365 friends in one place. Those 365 friends come from places like San Diego, San Fran, Mississippi, Tennesse,Texas and Milwaukee.

And all of those 365 friends treated me like a friend, slept at my house, I've slept at their house, their family and my family accepted each other.

[Edited 7/28/11 6:26am]

You actually said that you know 420 people, with 365 of them as "friends"on FB and that you also actually "hang out" with ALL of them.

And look, if I would get into touch with everybody I ever met, I probably would have several thousand FB "friends" too. That's the whole point.

Tremolina said:

TylerHippie said:

Uh, I actually went to 7 different schools throughout my life. I've been to 4 different high schools. With that said, I've met a ton of people. I actually know 365 people. I'm not saying I have 365 friends in one place. Those 365 friends come from places like San Diego, San Fran, Mississippi, Tennesse,Texas and Milwaukee.

And all of those 365 friends treated me like a friend, slept at my house, I've slept at their house, their family and my family accepted each other.

[Edited 7/28/11 6:26am]

You actually said that you know 420 people, with 365 of them as "friends"on FB and that you also actually "hang out" with ALL of them.

And look, if I would get into touch with everybody I ever met, I probably would have several thousand FB "friends" too. That's the whole point.

And what's the poit again?

TylerHippie said:

Tremolina said:

You actually said that you know 420 people, with 365 of them as "friends"on FB and that you also actually "hang out" with ALL of them.

And look, if I would get into touch with everybody I ever met, I probably would have several thousand FB "friends" too. That's the whole point.

And what's the poit again?

You made it yourself in your first post. That it's not necessary nor really possible to "have" hundreds of "friends" (unless you use Fb for your work or something but then they are clients or coworkers). That with Fb many folks are just letting random people into their life. And that some people just like having that amount of "friends" to make them seem cool.

[Edited 7/28/11 7:18am]

Tremolina said:

TylerHippie said:

And what's the point again?

You made it yourself in your first post. That it's not really necessary nor possible to have hundreds of "friends" on Fb (unless you use it for your work or something but then they are clients or coworkers). That with Fb many folks are just letting random people into their life. And that some people just like having that amount of "friends" to make them seem cool.

[Edited 7/28/11 7:17am]

So your basically saying I have 365 friends just to seem cool?

TylerHippie said:

Tremolina said:

You made it yourself in your first post. That it's not really necessary nor possible to have hundreds of "friends" on Fb (unless you use it for your work or something but then they are clients or coworkers). That with Fb many folks are just letting random people into their life. And that some people just like having that amount of "friends" to make them seem cool.

[Edited 7/28/11 7:17am]

So your basically saying I have 365 friends just to seem cool?

Your words not mine. I am sure you all know those people and they all treated you as a friend. That's all cool really and something you can be happy about. But when you start to complain about others having so many "friends" on Fb and then claim that you actually "hang out" with ALL your 420 "friends", but then that you actually never see many of them anymore since they are living some place far away from you, you weren't being really straightforward about it.

Tremolina said:

TylerHippie said:

So your basically saying I have 365 friends just to seem cool?

Your words not mine. I am sure you all know those people and they all treated you as a friend. That's all cool really and something you can be happy about. But when you start to complain about others having so many "friends" on Fb and then claim that you actually "hang out" with ALL your 420 "friends", but then that you actually never see many of them anymore since they are living some place far away from you, you weren't being really straightforward about it.

This makes no sense. First of all, how can you compare having 365 friends that I actually know and hangout with to having 800-1000 friends that you never met in your life? Let me explain again, I have 420 "close friends", 365 of them are on Facebook. I know them personally. We hangout every year. Do you get what I'm saying now?

And who said I don't still talk to my friends from all those places I names? I actually go to those places every year.

TylerHippie said:

Tremolina said:

Your words not mine. I am sure you all know those people and they all treated you as a friend. That's all cool really and something you can be happy about. But when you start to complain about others having so many "friends" on Fb and then claim that you actually "hang out" with ALL your 420 "friends", but then that you actually never see many of them anymore since they are living some place far away from you, you weren't being really straightforward about it.

This makes no sense. First of all, how can you compare having 365 friends that I actually know and hangout with to having 800-1000 friends that you never met in your life? Let me explain again, I have 420 "close friends", 365 of them are on Facebook. I know them personally. We hangout every year. Do you get what I'm saying now?

And who said I don't still talk to my friends from all those places I names? I actually go to those places every year.

This is going in circles. I pointed out the inconsistencies in your posts and then you just start it over again.

Like I said: you must simply be the greatest person alive and have a LOT of spare time on your hands then (oh and a lot of money too). Seriously.

Or do you see your 420 "friends" every year at some sort of annual group meeting or something?

[Edited 7/28/11 7:37am]

Tremolina said:

TylerHippie said:

This makes no sense. First of all, how can you compare having 365 friends that I actually know and hangout with to having 800-1000 friends that you never met in your life? Let me explain again, I have 420 "close friends", 365 of them are on Facebook. I know them personally. We hangout every year. Do you get what I'm saying now?

And who said I don't still talk to my friends from all those places I names? I actually go to those places every year.

This is going in circles. I pointed out the inconsistencies in your posts and then you just start it over again.

Like I said: you must simply be the greatest person alive and have a LOT of spare time on your hands then. Seriously.

Or do you see your 420 "friends" every year at some sort of group meeting or something?

I'm a pretty cool person. I visit them during the summer and christmas break. And when I'm not visiting them, I'm going to school.

It's going in circles because of you.

TylerHippie said:

Tremolina said:

This is going in circles. I pointed out the inconsistencies in your posts and then you just start it over again.

Like I said: you must simply be the greatest person alive and have a LOT of spare time on your hands then. Seriously.

Or do you see your 420 "friends" every year at some sort of group meeting or something?

I'm a pretty cool person. I visit them during the summer and christmas break. And when I'm not visiting them, I'm going to school.

It's going in circles because of you.

So you are saying you are cool. Alright But I just experienced the way you (re)act and I beg to differ. You would be pretty cool if you could at least admit your glaringly obvious inconsistencies.

I just checked your pofile by the way. It says you are 19 and that makes sense.

You know, when I was around your age I also always (thought I) had loads of friends. Hell I even really saw all of them on a regular basis, just like you. Sooner or later tho' you will find out that you can only have so many real friends.

Thanks for the little chit chat Tyler.

I'm a very well known artist within my genre - I tour the world almost every year and have been signed to various major labels since I was 17 with my band (Sony/BMG and EMI for the most part).

Before the invention of the "Pages" or "Like" system, everybody would just add me. Actual fans, people who may have seen me perform once, music industry people, other artists who I've been on the same bill with at club gigs and festivals, casual fans (aka people who may have just seen a music video on TV or read a press article about me in a magazine or something).

Before I knew it I had thousands of friends and my news feed is just full of random shit by people I don't know. Even WITH the Like system, fans and stuff still add me. That's why I prefer Twitter and Google+ because they aren't reciprocal systems. People can follow/circle me as much as they want but I don't have to follow/circle them.

I've actually debated deleting my FB profile because of this. I use G+ way more now anyway, it's better. And Twitter, and Tumblr.