People adding "friends" on facebook

effluent

Am I the only one that feels that a lot of people are adding random people just to have a high friend count or something?

To be honest I don't have a lot of friends on facebook, compared to a lot of other users, although I've only been on it for a few months. I like to go on it the odd time to see any updates or funny pictures from the night before. I mean the people who are my friends are people who actually mean something to me, or I people who I'd be able to have a lengthy conversation with. But I see some people have between 800-1000 friends:eek:

Doesn't this somewhat defeat the perpose of facebook? Keeping up to date with people you know, if you have up to 1000 people you will be seeing a lot of updates from people you don't know too well..if that makes any sense.

Maybe I'm being a bit cynical, but it's something that struck me when I finally signed up.

lorebringer

My opinion of adding friends on Facebook is if I don't know you personally, then f*ck off!

Simples

cml387

effluent wrote: »

Doesn't this somewhat defeat the perpose of facebook?

You might prevent the inevitable closing of this thread if you were to explain exactly what the purpose of Facebook was.

theboss80

Yay a facebook thread


Hang on I'll put on some popcorn

Chuck Stone

I hate facebook.

Was much easier to leave stuff in the past before that bloody curse.

aligator_am

I'd added a load of people on facebook that I was vaguely familiar with or had worked with years ago, then a couple of weekends ago I thought what's the point and removed about 100 "friends", I'd say on average I now get about 50 fewer emails each day telling me that someone wiped their cow's arse on farmville.

SoupyNorman

And whats the deal with airline peanuts.

W.Shakes-Beer

May as well promote my Facebook with this thread so

I'm aiming for the 1000 mark, that'd look cool.

cml387

SoupyNorman wrote: »

And whats the deal with airline peanuts.

I can't do peanuts,but I have a good deal on Sour Cream mini-bagel futures.

LighterGuy

Most people with a high amount of friends on facebook add every single one that bloody met!

"oh I met Jason 6 months ago, didnt talk to him, he is jesse's friend... OH I'LL ADD HIM " :rolleyes:

St.Spodo

Having 1000 friends isn't an achievement. Why would you want to read loads of boring shíte from so many semi-anonymous people? Unless they're hot, of course.

augmented reality

My friend was telling me the other day that he knows a guy with the maximum amount of "friends" you can add on facebook (5000 I think) :O

This guys fairly sad and set up a page when his friend list was full so people could "like" him:rolleyes:......needless to say no one liked it:p

ronan45

On the "People you may Know" section if i see any good looking wimen ill usually add them.......... ill get to know them ......:eek:

Dirty old man eghhhhhhhhh

ciano1

Some people seem to add every human being they come in contact with :rolleyes:

aligator_am

LighterGuy wrote: »

Most people with a high amount of friends on facebook add every single one that bloody met!

"oh I met Jason 6 months ago, didnt talk to him, he is jesse's friend... OH I'LL ADD HIM " :rolleyes:

That's true, have been guilty of it in the past, adding fairly random folk that may have been a friend of a friend, no idea why I've done it, it's fairly pointless to be honest.

Haelium

Why the **** do people even use facebook? What happened to instant messenger?

effluent

I rather just adding people I see on a weekly basis.

But people who you might know to see or just from roundabout I don't really see the point, but yet i don't want to come across as anti-social if they want to add me as a friend

Chuck Stone

The more friends people have on FB the less credible it is that they have real* friends imo.

Dennis the Stone

SoupyNorman wrote: »

And whats the deal with airline peanuts.

Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round; the jar is round... they should call it Roundtine.

Aoifey!

Just accept those you know, and don't accept those you don't know. It's not that hard really.

alex73

I did university abroad, so facebook is great way to keep in touch. Many live on other countries and we have met up over the years having been in touch via FB.

Its fine.. There are people you are friendly with and then there are your friends. I block all the 3rd party apps and games and all the other crap.

But I think its reach its peak.. My daughter told me she would never join FB because I am on it and it must be for old people.. lol (she is 11)

SoupyNorman

effluent wrote: »

I rather just adding people I see on a weekly basis.

But people who you might know to see or just from roundabout I don't really see the point, but yet i don't want to come across as anti-social if they want to add me as a friend

I have friends in the USA, Australia and other places on the globe. Should I defriend them as I dont see them on a weekly basis?

I also am friends with people that I only knew for a few months while working abroad, not only did I stay in contact with them because of Facebook we stayed friends because of it. I'm not a Facebook fanboy and I dont have a bazillions of friends but it's fun.

To be honest your attitude stinks, the 'I'm only joining because I was forced' person is the worst kind of person on Facebook. If somebody has 800 friends, who are you to say otherwise.

7sr2z3fely84g5

If your famous you more likely to get more requests so a friend of an friend of an friend can claim to "know you".

Having thousands of friends can be awkward,last party i didn't expect the whole forty thousand of them to turn up :rolleyes:

dreamers75

Does south park influence after hours posts?

hmmmm

SuperInfinity

effluent wrote: »

Am I the only one that feels that a lot of people are adding random people just to have a high friend count or something?

How many years did it take for you to realize this? I think it's safe to say that you're not the only one lol. :rolleyes:

Alter-Ego

I tend to only add people I've met in person at least a few times.

I've met people who have added me on the back of just having been introduced to me on a night out. No actual conversation, just a hello and a handshake. Sometimes on the night itself.

I don't mind it, but it is very forward.

Irish Guitarist

I've gotten friend requests from people I've never heard tell of. I don't want to be rude so I just accept them. These people then never contact me. I don't want these people as friends but I haven't the heart to delete them.

effluent

SoupyNorman wrote: »

I have friends in the USA, Australia and other places on the globe. Should I defriend them as I dont see them on a weekly basis?

I also am friends with people that I only knew for a few months while working abroad, not only did I stay in contact with them because of Facebook we stayed friends because of it. I'm not a Facebook fanboy and I dont have a bazillions of friends but it's fun.

To be honest your attitude stinks, the 'I'm only joining because I was forced' person is the worst kind of person on Facebook. If somebody has 800 friends, who are you to say otherwise.

But you know these people because you met them regularly, right? Thats my point.

It would be stupid to to defriend a good friend who had to immigrate, I didn't say that at all, you just twisted it that way.

AckwelFoley

Some guy over the weekend set up a page

"one million "likes" and my wife agrees to let me christen our baby Megatron"


I love the internet

watna

A girl I used to work with but hardly new added me on FB. I accepted because at the time I worked with her (although on different floors). I defriended her because her status updates were moronic - one of those ones who say random vague things and than when people ask her about them she says she can't tell them in public. Also her mum commented on all her status updates. Also, I know a really disgusting thing about her and everytime I see her name it reminds me of it (shudders)

Last week she tried to add me as a friend again. Why? We never saw each other when we worked together, why now? I defriended you, why add me again? It's just weird!

stovelid

Ignore friend request.

Proceed with life.

Resist urge to discuss it at length.

sandmanporto

People adding people they have never met and who live miles away from it are just pathetic! I know people who add people with hot pics! Like whatever ffs comes to mind. It does piss me off, especially since the people adding these girls are total spas and the girls are way out of their league! They should at least realize their limitations before adding people!

AckwelFoley

watna wrote: »

Also, I know a really disgusting thing about her and everytime I see her name it reminds me of it (shudders)
!

Do share.

Does it involve a cup or some eels?

SuperInfinity

snyper wrote: »

Do share.

Does it involve a cup or some eels?

I want to know also.

If you don't want to post it here pm me with it plzzzzz...

shrubs

If I wouldn't recognise you instantly or cross the road to chat to ya, i ain't gonna add ya as a friend!

watna

SuperInfinity wrote: »

I want to know also.

If you don't want to post it here pm me with it plzzzzz...

well, as she is unlikely to read an Irish message board I can probably just post it here. I came in to work one Saturday morning to help out with an office move. There had been a work function the night before and lots of people had come back to work after the pubs closed and there was takeaway food and empty booze bottles everywhere. I went in to one of the meeting rooms and there was a pair of blood soaked underwear and a pair of tights on the floor. So someone had come back and done the McNasty at work during the night and left their period soaked knickers on the floor and walked off - presumably walking home with no underwear on :eek:. Nobody would own up but I had it on good advice it was the lady (and I use that in the loosest way possible) I discussed above.

It was gross and hilariously funny at the same time.

partyndbs

thats how big some ppls extended groups are u know ppl u see in gafs, know 2 say alrite to, used to hang around with, knew from wez, i have loads of fb friends, older u get less ur gonna have.

OPENROAD

sandmanporto wrote: »

People adding people they have never met and who live miles away from it are just pathetic! I know people who add people with hot pics! Like whatever ffs comes to mind. It does piss me off, especially since the people adding these girls are total spas and the girls are way out of their league! They should at least realize their limitations before adding people!

Wouldn't have a huge amount of people on facebook, current count is 50, but would say close to half of them are people I have never met before or actually spoken to , mostly from England and a few from the US but we share a common interest which is either Arsenal or Vanessa Carlton.

Would chat online with them most nights either on facebook or the actual message boards where we would post. I can definitely see myself meeting up with some of them at some stage, be it a few pints before a match or at a gig which otherwise I would end up going by myself.

Senna

I set-up a facebook account about 2 years ago, never actually logged on, wrote anything or put up a picture, was meaning to but always forgot. After a few weeks i started getting friend requests from people i dont know and i'm dam sure they dont know me. It was at this early stage i realised facebook was a load of self involved shite that i dont want to be involved in.

BlueBaron

A lot of the people who I am "friends" with on facebook i'd barely talk to if I met em on the street, but to be honest that doesn't bother me, if someone sends me a request on facebook, aslong as I have a a few mutual friends i'll accept them, it's doin no harm to no one.

Wetai

When I was still on Bebo (Remember that?) I added loads of people I didn't know. Deleted everyone I didn't know, and then one person would keep re-adding me, even when I'd decline, message telling them to stop, or report them .

I did the same when adding loads of people for Facebook games, then removed them, but the re-adding thing never came up (but a couple of random people added me, and people I know). I, of course, had only my status updates visible to them - even those were "Only Friends, not

", though.

bazzaremcm

People just like to have lots of friends to annoy them on their amount of happiness they have that day or the daily horoscope -_- ****ing idiots.

shannon_tek

When i first started facebook i got bombarded with people from England :eek: . Because of this one person Sloith. or something. He was an Emo and put some pretty wierd stuff up. ha ha So hes gone now i only have one person left from the original few that added me. its now tided up

To school friends(now EX)
friends from a trip(in their own category so i can switch off that section of chat evil laugh)
Friends in General
and then i now add people i have met and had conversations with but they would just be acquainted . If its a random add bug off. ha ha

hatrickpatrick

I specifically don't add people I don't know that well, not out of trying to burn / snub anyone but simply because I don't want my news feed to get cluttered with posts which aren't all that relevant. I want to be able to look at my news feed and get actual news from it rather than just noise.

deisedave

I think the way alot of people are actually living there live on facebook now is sad, I have about 20 friends and I only use it for a nosey now and again:D but anyone with over 100 people on facebook is probally just an attention seeker.

sandmanporto

deisedave wrote: »

I think the way alot of people are actually living there live on facebook now is sad, I have about 20 friends and I only use it for a nosey now and again:D but anyone with over 100 people on facebook is probally just an attention seeker.

Anyone with under 200 i consider normal. 200-400 are pretty likeable folk who add loads of people also. 400-700 they must just add random strangers. 700+ is a total attention seeker or a celebrity. I know of somebody with 1,500 friends and nobody likes them! In fact id like sum1 to give that person a box

deisedave

sandmanporto wrote: »

Anyone with under 200 i consider normal. 200-400 are pretty likeable folk who add loads of people also. 400-700 they must just add random strangers. 700+ is a total attention seeker or a celebrity. I know of somebody with 1,500 friends and nobody likes them! In fact id like sum1 to give that person a box

I have actually noticed the more friends people have on facebook the less real friends and weirdo's they actually are in real life:cool: I personally think its rare anyone has more than 100 people that they want to know the updates of so many peoples lives;) but hey thats just me:pac:

eternal

I wouldnt agree about the 100 friends thing.I would say I added bit more than that .I think over 200 and you should leave it to celebs really who could really only reach that number of people on any level.
Facebook was ok but now it's sold it's arse and will be played out within a matter of two years.Like I walk past some local shop and you see' add us on facebook'. Bit lame really.I dont know what it is with this new generation that feels it has to take pictures of themselves going for a ****e so they can post it on facebook.
When used within reason you can share some great shots and links and convo with people you may not have the capacity to meet on a daily basis.

sandmanporto

in have about 150 friends. A lot of them are people i got chatting to online with over shared interests. A lot are family, a lot are shops or bars etc, the rest friend and one nite stands

partyndbs

wat i think:

under 100: depends on a few things but if someone has under 100 id consider them a loser unless they dont use facebook that much and dont bother accepting or adding ppl they were in school with unless they r still mates with them.

over 1000-known/ complete wetser

most of the ppl im close mates with would have been 300 and 700 friends. i have just over 500.

deisedave

eternal wrote: »

I wouldnt agree about the 100 friends thing.I would say I added bit more than that .I think over 200 and you should leave it to celebs really who could really only reach that number of people on any level.
Facebook was ok but now it's sold it's arse and will be played out within a matter of two years.Like I walk past some local shop and you see' add us on facebook'. Bit lame really.I dont know what it is with this new generation that feels it has to take pictures of themselves going for a ****e so they can post it on facebook.
When used within reason you can share some great shots and links and convo with people you may not have the capacity to meet on a daily basis.

That's true I would only add people that I would text or call if there was no such thing as Facebook. I am not really mad on facebook anyway it's to impersonal, I used to live Msn Messenger but no one really uses it since Facebook came along:rolleyes: