Real Housewives Taylor Armstrong DV
more by Moja Milosc
Cleaning products
Spin off - will the changes to FB make you rethink who you defriend?
more in The Lounge
You favorite...
pashmina for bridesmaids?
more in Boards
Buzz buzz buzz! *Happy Dance*

Facebook question... how many friends do you have?

posted 3 months ago in The Lounge
  • poll: What is your facebook "friend" count?
    100-300 : (36 votes)
    39 %
    300-500 : (30 votes)
    32 %
    500-700 : (13 votes)
    14 %
    700-1000 : (5 votes)
    5 %
    1000+ : (2 votes)
    2 %
    other : (0 votes)
    less than 100 : (7 votes)
    8 %
  •  
    1.
    Member
    1,123 posts
    Bumble bee
    Moja Milosc    September 24, 2011  

    How many facebook "friends" do you have and what are your friend requirements? Personally I only friend people I know from college, high school, family or other close friends. If I wouldn't stop and say hi to you in person, I don't want to be fb friends with you. That puts me at 343 friends, most of which are from my small high school and the 65 people I went to nursing school with.

    Are you selective or a serial friender?

     
    2.
    Hostess
    10,665 posts
    Sugar
    Beekeeper
    tksjewelry    June 25, 2011   Omaha

    222, wow, that is way more than I thought!  I probably should clean that list out.

     
    3.
    Member
    1,163 posts
    Bumble bee
    All In    November 1, 2011  

    I think around 600?

     
    4.
    Member Icon
    Member
    341 posts
    Helper bee
    thanlon_88    June 1, 2012   Ontario

    selective... after university deleted all the randoms from high school and uni you sit beside in class and 'friend' - and can't delete in case you end up having another class together!

    if we're not friends in 'real-life' you dont need to creep me :)

     
    5.
    Member
    4,376 posts
    Honey bee
    LGenz    May 21, 2011   New Jersey, Wedding in Clearwater, FL

    427, I could probably get rid of 20 or so but I really do know everyone from high school, college, grad school, work and family.

     
    6.
    Hostess
    7,271 posts
    Busy
    Beekeeper
    Gemstone    July 2011   Cincinnati

    My list is in the 700s I think, but it needs a serious cleaning. If/when I do sort through it, I'd expect it to be closer to 200-300. I'm the first to admit that not everyone on my "friends" list is an actual friend.

     
    7.
    Member
    3,282 posts
    Sugar bee
    MissBoPeep       New England

    I have 395, I know most of them from school, and a bunch are previous coworkers!

     
    8.
    Member
    1,536 posts
    Bumble bee
    auggiefrog    August 25, 2012   Wauwatosa, WI

    less than 100 :( 

     
    9.
    Member
    8,447 posts
    Bumble
    Beekeeper
    KatNYC2011    September 24, 2011   London, UK (american expat)

    I have 550. I recently went through and cleaned it up a bit.

    Basically if I can't place your name or face right away, you are off the list. 

    The majority of my list is people from college. I was a sophomore in college when facebook came out, so I have a lot of "I recognize your face from college" aquaintances on there.

    I also post almost nothing on facebook (aside from photos from time to time) so I'm not too concerned with who sees my profile.

     
    10.
    Member
    1,123 posts
    Bumble bee
    Moja Milosc    September 24, 2011  

    @auggiefrog:  Sorry I kept trying to add a >100 option but it wouldn't let me. It's on there now.

     

     
    11.
    Member
    764 posts
    Busy bee
    Mrs.D-To-Be    September 8, 2012   Los Angeles, CA

    356, wow! That's more than I thought. I probably should do some housecleaning. My friending requirement is that I have to actually know them.

     
    12.
    Member
    2,218 posts
    Buzzing bee
    GroovyHippieChick    October 20, 2012   My Happy Place

    138

     
    13.
    Member Icon
    Member
    1,177 posts
    Bumble bee
    KT808    October 18, 2012  

    If a "friend" does not post or respond to any of my posts within a year, I drop them. I do not  need fake friends/acquaintances to prove I am popular! I only have 90 and I personally know ALL of them.

     

     
    14.
    Member
    2,161 posts
    Buzzing bee
    eeniebeans    October 9, 2010   Baltimore

    143

     
    15.
    Member
    8,790 posts
    Buzzing
    Beekeeper
    UpstateCait    October 7, 2011   Upstate, NY

    I have 122. I’m not super strict as far as who’s on my list but I have to atleast know the person. I will not accept invites from complete strangers or friends of friends who I’ve never met. The only “strangers” that I have on there are a few lovely ladies from WB but I know them well enough to know that they’re not 40 year old men who are living in their parents basements. I had a lot more years ago (probably 400+) but I cleaned out my list after random people started commenting on my status’. If I have to actually think about who you are and where I know you from, you’re gone! 

     
    16.
    Member Icon
    Member
    175 posts
    Blushing bee
    Thecrackermarch    May 15, 2010  

    I have 400+ I have lived many different places, so most of my "friends" really were legitimate friends at some point, though there are some people who who are on there for networking, and some people who met me once and friended me.... though in that case I normally unfriend them I'm no longer living in that area.  

     
    17.
    Member
    4,584 posts
    Honey bee
    Aure    October 6, 2012   Las Vegas

    277

     
    18.
    Member
    2,209 posts
    Buzzing bee
    Ryansgirl    October 22, 2011   Canada

    I have 185.  I had over 400 at one point, but deleted anyone who I never talked to, didn't even really like, didn't want knowing my business etc.  I never add friends who I've never met.  Now it's just people who I care to keep in touch with.

     
    19.
    Member Icon
    Member
    3,107 posts
    Sugar bee
    june42011    January 29, 2012   NORTH DAKOTA

    I used to accept everyone. I met you = you were my friend. Then I got a stalker and sliced my list by more than half. I'd say I'm super selective now that I'm older. I have a little over 400. They are all people I would feel comfortable talking with in person, asking for a favor, or people I still keep in touch with even if not on a super regular basis.

     
    20.
    Member
    145 posts
    Blushing bee
    notevenclose    December 11, 2010   Raleigh, NC

    I have 34.  Some are family that I really don't want on there but would offend if I took them off so they sit there.  Other than that I have to know and see you and talk to you all the time.  I took all my high school friends off sicne I really did not connect with them anymore and moved accross the country.  basically you have to be really special to be my friend!

     
    21.
    Member
    2,478 posts
    Buzzing bee
    Sassygrn    June 4, 2011   Minnesota

    189 that is family, friends, college friends, and high school classmates. It probably will climb a bit since this year is my 20 year high school class reunion and one of the girls made a page for my class

     
    22.
    Hostess
    7,271 posts
    Busy
    Beekeeper
    Gemstone    July 2011   Cincinnati

    So, this thread is inspiring me to some spring cleaning of my list right now! I know it's February, but it feels like spring here today. :)

     
    23.
    Member
    2,288 posts
    Buzzing bee
    Gabrielle123    November 5, 2011  

    908 :-/

     
    24.
    Member
    638 posts
    Busy bee
    elysion    August 17, 2013   Chicago, IL

    394; all except 1 or 2 are people I know, but not necessarily well.. like people from elementary school, random meetings in college, etc.  If people try to friend me and I don't know them at all, they don't get added. 

     
    25.
    Member
    5,733 posts
    Bee Keeper
    Juliepants    June 2, 2012   Ontario

    I have 245 right now - time for a clean up, for sure!  I knocked off about a hundred last year and it felt better.  I find that as I get older, I value my privacy more.

    To be honest, the majority of the friends I have are seeing a "limited profile".  There are far fewer than 100 people who can actually see my whole page.

     
    26.
    Member
    5,969 posts
    Bee Keeper
    AmeliaBedelia    March 3, 2012   Georgia

    In the 200's. I deleted about 25 the other day, and periodically delete others throughout the year. Though I guess that may change with this whole 'they can tell you deleted them' crap. I think it's unnecessary.

     
    27.
    Member
    3,287 posts
    Sugar bee
    Mrs Sarah McK    October 10, 2010   Harrisburg, PA

    112. A good chunk of them are family and close friends. I went through an deleted a whole bunch of aquaintances a few months ago....friends of friends (with a few exceptions), kids in high school that I never said a word to...I decided I didn't care to read their every little thought.

     
    28.
    Member
    590 posts
    Busy bee
    kc3636    August 23, 2011  

    I voted less than 100! I recently did a huge purge of people who i never talk to on it and
    Barely know! I am bit of a private person!! However you wouldnt know that being on a public forum!! Lol

     
    29.
    Member
    3,322 posts
    Sugar bee
    joy2011    October 22, 2011   NE Ohio

    almost 700... but I've literally been on it since about 3 months after it first started. (my university was on one of the first they let on.) I occasionally purge people when they pop up in my newsfeed and I neither care about them, and know that I will NEVER see them again, but I've never gone through and done a deliberae purge.

     
    30.
    Member
    1,341 posts
    Bumble bee
    Blondee    August 24, 2012  

    I think around 230 last time I checked...

     
    31.
    Member Icon
    Member
    256 posts
    Helper bee
    justmoi22    October 11, 2012  

    too many, need to clean it up.........about 600

     
    32.
    Member
    275 posts
    Helper bee
    chancehere       minnesota

    Something like 330? I'm not sure, but I certainly don't need that many on there. I have so many from when it first started from people I went to high school with that I'm not actually friends with. And now I've gone the opposite way and hardly friend anyone. I think I have 11 pending friend requests? It just seems so rude to deny them. So I just let them sit in friend purgatory instead. Probably not any nicer...

     
    33.
    803 posts
    Busy bee
    andersonsarah    March 2012  

    I like that! Someone I would stop and say hello to. That's a good way of judging it. Since I don't live in the same town anymore, I try to accept any requests of people I went to high school with, because I probably never will see them again and it's fun to reconnect.

     

    Reply

    You must log in to post.





    Visit our sister sites eHarmony
    Online Dating
    eHarmony Advice
    Dating Advice
    Project Wedding
    Wedding Songs
    JustMommies
    Pregnancy Calendar
    Copyright 2004-2012, Weddingbee.com
     

    Find your vendors on Weddingbee

    Real reviews from brides in your area!

    Favors by Weddingbee

    • Favors by season

    Shop Now ยป

    Find Registry Find Registry Find Registry

    More
    User Posts Today
    fivemonthsnotice 17
    ticatica 14
    MrsOliveBird 11
    aussiebee 11
    pinkandsparkly 10
    Lyndzo 10
    countrygirl62312 8
    s.renea9 8
    Rivendeler 8
    janetsnakehole 8

    The Lounge

    User Posts Today
    BellaDee 5
    couawilou 3
    bookworm88 2
    ticatica 2
    vorpalette 2
    momolove 2
    Firie 1
    vttp926 1
    allihappy 1
    pinkandsparkly 1
    More