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  • #32
    CommanderC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭CommanderC


    You should have asked your kid to really think deep and tell you honestly, how many of his mass of Facebook friends are real friends, ones who would be there for him during thick and thin.............

    Then watch his face drop :D


  • #33
    speedboatchase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,891 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    I've actually written a book about this! Well, and other annoying aspects of Facebook. It's out soon... *cough* plug *cough*.

    Interestingly, a UK survey by Intersperience in May 2011 found that Facebook users in their fifties have 50 times less numbers than that of users in their twenties, while the average 22-year-old user has average of 1,000 friends. I have around 220, which I think is fair enough for someone who is 28 and acquired the majority of through old workmates/university etc.


  • #34
    meoklmrk91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,083 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    I have around 200 I think, a lot of my friends have like 600 which I think is crazy, I try to be selective and only add people who don't annoy me and that I actually know some bit.


  • #35
    Bella Rancid Timer
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Bella Rancid Timer


    speedboatchase wrote: »
    50 times less numbers

    what


  • #36
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    meoklmrk91 wrote: »
    I have around 200 I think, a lot of my friends have like 600 which I think is crazy, I try to be selective and only add people who don't annoy me and that I actually know some bit.

    200- that is selective!


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  • #37
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    All these navel-gazing threads about Facebook need their own forum at this stage.


  • #38
    SunnyDub1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭SunnyDub1


    I done a clear out of "friends" on FB before Xmas, decided to do it after realizing I'm Friends with people that would walk by you in the street without even a hello or a look :rolleyes: Don't use it that much and only really interested in seeing what my actual freinds are doing & uploading.

    anyways long story short: was out over the xmas in one of my local pubs and this girl ( a girl that was in my year in school that I barley spoke to at all) approaches me "is there any reason why you deleted me as a Friend on fb?" I was gob smacked, all I could reply with was "ah I must of done it by accident" :o Tbh I didn't even know the girls name until one of friends with me reminded me.

    I'm assuming the girl woke the next day with the fear and regret or more or less telling me that she checked up FB from time to time even though we don't talk :rolleyes:

    Moral of the story is, even when you don't talk to the people you are Friends with on FB they will still stalk you. Beware :p


  • #39
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    I've got 338 friends on Facebook. Most of them I've met and spent a bit of time with but I've been deleted and have deleted people who I've forgotten and visa verse. I use Facebook to stay in touch with people and upload photos and to pass the time. Who gives a ****e? It is what it is. This pride in not using it or only befriending a select few comes off even worse tbh.


  • #40
    bacon n eggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭bacon n eggs


    pride...I think not


  • #41
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    bacon n eggs wrote: »
    pride...I think not

    Many people I've met come across like they're proud they don't use it, which I don't get.


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  • #42
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    The day people allowed Facebook to define 'friend' was a sad one.


  • #43
    Steve O
    Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Steve O


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Many people I've met come across like they're proud they don't use it, which I don't get.

    And vice versa. I don't make a point of delibrately saying I'm not on Facebook, but when I'm asked and I give the response, it's "you're not in Facebook? oh the humanity!!!!".


  • #44
    bacon n eggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭bacon n eggs


    Not proud, know there are those who do and those who don't what ever floats the boat


  • #45
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Steve O wrote: »
    And vice versa. I don't make a point of delibrately saying I'm not on Facebook, but when I'm asked and I give the response, it's "you're not in Facebook? oh the humanity!!!!".

    That's equally lame but you rarely see threads criticising people not on Facebook. Not sure why people criticise either way. It's just a tool for communication and particularly useful when you're living away from home.


  • #46
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    bacon n eggs wrote: »
    Not proud, know there are those who do and those who don't what ever floats the boat

    Then I wasn't referring to you....


  • #47
    bacon n eggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭bacon n eggs


    of course but hundreds and thousands of friends is the point I am trying to make, people just seem to add them because they can not because they know them or like them etc.


  • #48
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    bacon n eggs wrote: »
    of course but hundreds and thousands of friends is the point I am trying to make, people just seem to add them because they can not because they know them or like them etc.

    Genuinely, why do you give a ****?


  • #49
    bacon n eggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭bacon n eggs


    Genuinely I don't, I'm just curious, I have three teens and I see their friends lists and I know for a fact they don't know or even say hi to half of them, and I know this is par for the course.


  • #50
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    bacon n eggs wrote: »
    Genuinely I don't, I'm just curious, I have three teens and I see their friends lists and I know for a fact they don't know or even say hi to half of them, and I know this is par for the course.


    I'm guessing they add those friends to show how popular they are or because they don't want someone not to like them for refusing them or because it makes them feel better to have more Facebook friends or because they want to perve or snoop on the person in question or just cos. I'd say the reasons are fairly obvious. At that age you want to be liked and to be seen to be popular.


  • #51
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Something I don't understand is those that add people on Facebook, only after meeting them once or twice. I have 340 friends (I only found that out, just as I checked there). If I didn't have such a large extended family, that number would be a lot less.


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  • #52
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    bacon n eggs wrote: »
    I can't understand how you can have hundreds of friends on there and most of them you pass on street without so much as a hey.
    Its because they are more like acquaintances. you alos look much cooler with at least 500 friends and you have to hit at least 10 likes on your status updates 20 preferably


  • #53
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    SunnyDub1 wrote: »
    I done a clear out of "friends" on FB before Xmas, decided to do it after realizing I'm Friends with people that would walk by you in the street without even a hello or a look :rolleyes: Don't use it that much and only really interested in seeing what my actual freinds are doing & uploading.

    anyways long story short: was out over the xmas in one of my local pubs and this girl ( a girl that was in my year in school that I barley spoke to at all) approaches me "is there any reason why you deleted me as a Friend on fb?" I was gob smacked, all I could reply with was "ah I must of done it by accident" :o Tbh I didn't even know the girls name until one of friends with me reminded me.

    I'm assuming the girl woke the next day with the fear and regret or more or less telling me that she checked up FB from time to time even though we don't talk :rolleyes:

    Moral of the story is, even when you don't talk to the people you are Friends with on FB they will still stalk you. Beware :p

    I had planned on doing a similar clear out but instead of unfriending them i just changed the settings on people i dont care about so i cant see them in my newsfeed. Basically you dont have to look at their crap while also not offending the more delicate ones by not properly unfriending them. You can also change the settings for your own updates so only selected friends can see them.


  • #54
    judgefudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭judgefudge


    I don't add people on Facebook as a rule... Unless I need to contact them and it's the only way, which is rare. At the same time I don't mind adding people who request me, provided their in my circle of acquaintances and it's not someone I haven't talked to since school or something.

    Too much emphasis is put on how many friends you have on Facebook. Which is also why I keep my friends hidden from view. I can't help but look at people with 1000 friends and wonder why.... Because a lot of that 1000 have to be basically strangers.

    I've also found that the more popular people I know don't really use Facebook that much


  • #55
    bacon n eggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭bacon n eggs


    I've also found that the more popular people I know don't really use Facebook that much

    that'll be me then


  • #56
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Your 7 year old son has a fb account? :confused:


  • #57
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    How do you know how popular someone is if you don't know how many Facebook friends they've got? :confused:


    Ridiculous things to say.


  • #58
    judgefudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭judgefudge


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    How do you know how popular someone is if you don't know how many Facebook friends they've got? :confused:


    Ridiculous things to say.

    Is that aimed at my post?

    I mean people I would know to be popular and outgoing in real life, they tend to not use Facebook as much. But sure that could just be a coincidence among my mates.


  • #59
    RayCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,046 ✭✭✭RayCon


    I dont use Facebook ..... now does that make me a hipster, uncool, cool, ironic, moronic etc ...


  • #60
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    RayCon wrote: »
    I dont use Facebook ..... now does that make me a hipster, uncool, cool, ironic, moronic etc ...
    uncool mainly...hopefully this facebook era will end soon just like bebo died away


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  • #61
    bacon n eggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭bacon n eggs


    Your 7 year old son has a fb account?

    if that is for me my children are all teenagers


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