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Does anyone know someone with a low friend count on facebook - will it seem strange?

Keep anon or delete as this is embarassing and I know people on here.
Basically, I don't have a facebook acc but want one as I'm at uni. It's just that I only want to add people I talk to regularly, this equates to about 15 people. Will this seem strange to those added? Also let say if I find a new girl I like and add her on facebook, won't she be freaked out I have like 15 friends?
Has anyone known people to do this?
Thanks. :smile:

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Reply 1

Don'tNod

There is this one girl I know that only has 567 friends but she's quite the loner so... :dontknow:

Not really

No, it doesn't matter. Your friends will know why you have few people on there. If the girl cares then she's a bit crap and not worth the effort.

Reply 4

specialk_698

you can hide your friends anyway if it bugs you so much...........

Reply 5

lizlaz350

It doesn't matter. Your friends that you have on your facebook won't care and if you're worried about what other people think, you can hide who your friends are from people that you're not friends with.

Reply 6

Yawn11

Make a status saying you just joined facebook.

Reply 7

GdotL

Having a number like 15 means it's so low that it's obvious you've done it purposefully. Somewhere nearer to 100, it looks slightly worse, as if they care enough about Facebook to add/accept not-so-close people yet don't have too many acquaintances. 100-300 is low/normal. 300-600 is high end of normal. 600-1000 is sociable/clearly use Facebook a lot. Over 1000 is very popular or adds almost everyone they encounter. Over 2000 means Facebook whore/random adds etc. Just my view.

Reply 8

big-boss-91

Original post by Anonymous

i got a friend who got 897 friends on facebook, i highly doubt she knows every single one of them, i only got 120 friends myself who i all know from Sixth form and families and University, facebook is about socialising with friends, it doesn't matter how many you got

i'm puzzled, why i got negged for this?

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 9

username549578

I only have around 100 friends on facebook (or possibly lower)
I never use it anyway
I don't understand the people who add strangers, or people they've never spoken to before, whats up with that?

Whenever a random person from school adds me, I usually ignore it. I used to accept, but they were obviously just trying to increase their friends list. I only add people who are actually my friends. If that makes me weird, then I honestly couldnt give a crap.

Facebook sucks anyway :colonhash:

Reply 10

soutioirsim

Surely there's more important things to be worrying about?

Reply 11

Harry.C

Can you not find something proper to worry about? I've got about 300 "friends" but only 10-15 of them I have any real contact with. No-one has that many actual friends, its impossible, they'll just assume you've only added close friends. Some people are pansy ****.

Reply 12

-aimz

My best friend had about 350 until she went on a deleting spree and was left with only 50! But if people judge you on the number of your Facebook friends,they aren't really worth bothering with.

Reply 13

rofflewaffle

Having 15 friends > having 1000 'friends' :yy:

Reply 14

PapaShmurff

I have 46 friends on there or something like that, i couldn't really give a turd.

Reply 15

Ewan

I have 76 friends, I should probably delete about 40 of those to be honest. I wouldn't think anything of it.

Reply 16

dungeonkeepr

So long as you're not that person who thinks that everyone has only a few on there, and so comments on EVERYTHING, then no, not strange.

Reply 17

Hal59

I resiliently signed up the other day and I'm the same as you. I've held back on signing up as I hate the whole Facebook-culture that society currently has, but I've created a page in order to communicate with people at uni/close friends. Although it may seem socially unacceptable to only add your real friends there isn't really any value in pretending you speak to hundreds of people on a regular basis.

If in doubt, change your settings to prevent anyone seeing your friends list :smile:

Reply 18

DLJ

Facebook was created so that people at university (Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard) could communicate with other people regarding classes, dates, events and other sh*t. If you have 15 close friends you want to talk to on there that's not a problem, you're using facebook well. And it's your facebook account anyway, you can do what you like. It's only the "prestige" with having 2,000+ friends that people then think that having a very small amount of friends is strange, two opposite ends of the spectrum. Personally, I would rather have a small amount of friends that I frequently talk to rather than have a stupid amount and never speak to.

Therefore, it won't be strange as you speak to them a lot and will not be creepy. But I guarentee you'll have more than 15 in a few months whilst at university, because of all the liaisons you'll have.