<p>Does the amount of facebook friends that a person has determine his/her popularity? I've always been baffled by people who have 700+ friends and such.</p>
<p>i dont think so. i have over 300 but i deny random requests all the time. most people who have massive amounts of friends couldn't hold a conversation with half of them</p>
<p>No, just an indicator of how much they use Facebook.</p>
<p>Which could, but doesn't necessarily, have an inverse relationship with popularity.</p>
<p>I personally think it's weird to accept friend requests from people I don't know/don't have a reason to get to know.</p>
<p>So I agree with you, 700+ is odd. It just indicates that they like to go on facebook and friend people, I guess.</p>
<p>Nah, doesn't mean that all.</p>
<p>I know this girl who has thousands of MySpace friends, but only really talks to like... 2 of them.</p>
<p>facebook friends arent real friends.</p>
<p>On that same topic: Do you think it's weird for an incoming freshman to "friend" people in "Your College class of 2012"-type groups? A friend from my school has 100+ friends on facebook from his future school, and only personally knows about 5 or 6 of them.</p>
<p>It's a nice thought so that when you see someone, you might be able to know their name. But, it's just a bit awkward considering that a facebook friend NEVER equals a real friend normally. Even if you've added someone, seriously, when you run into them, it's as if neither of you have been in contact since you last met regardless of the fact you're both on fb.</p>
<p>But, it is a good conversation starter if you know their name (and a good laugh) about recognizing them.</p>
<p>i don't think it's weird to add friends from the class of 2012 group, but it also isn't a great way to make friends.</p>
<p>i add people from the 2012 group, but for rush purposes.(yes looking at 3000 pictures and picking out a few hundred based on a single photo is superficial, but it also pretty accurate most of the time...)</p>
<p>No, it doesn't mean anything.</p>
<p>When it comes to Facebook, trying to make any sort of judgment about the person based on the information on his or her profile is a bad idea.</p>
<p>As for adding people from the 2012 group, I don't think it's a big deal. Just don't act like you know the person when you finally meet them. That would just be weird... Also, I think it is something that you can overdo. I've seen people who are pretty much friending the entire class.</p>
<p>Yeah, people add me from my college facebook group quite often (Typically the only ones I request for friends are the ones that I have met at orientation or something). I don't mind at all, it's just a way to discuss how excited we all are for university and perhaps be able to see 'familiar faces' on campus. One of my "facebook friends" commented on a picture of my friend and I and said that my friend was "sexy" and friend-requested her (even though she is going to school in NY, not Michigan). Creepy. Friending the entire class is a bit weird, but whatever! As long as they aren't creepy about it..</p>
<p>And typically you can't tell anything about a person's popularity by the number of friends. But you can tell slightly from what type of pictures they have <em>don't be a facebook stalker</em></p>
<p>haha fa-la-la-lena, so true. The photos are the tell-tale indicator (at least a little) of what a person's like. That's why it's so important to check your roommate's if you don't know them yet...and they got a fb.</p>
<p>yeah........ like this one guy friended his friend's sister even tho he didn't know her. Then he went on to friend-request his friend's sister's friends. And he kept going until he started friend-requesting his friend's sister's friend's friend's friend's friend and so on. </p>
<p>WoW all of a sudden the word FRIEND seems soo unfamiliar.</p>
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<p>If you think about it, most people make a facebook because they want to be stalked lol.</p>
<p>I think it's funny how incoming freshmen friend upperclassmen. I've had numerous people friend me from the class of 2012. Of course, they get rejected AND blocked. There is no reason whatsoever to friend me unless I actually know you.</p>
<p>I hate it when people add me on Facebook and I never talk to him and never will (perhaps I saw them at a party). I add them back and then delete them after a few months or so.</p>
<p>I friended a bunch of people before school started last year. It was a nice way to talk to people before orientation and at least see what some people at your school are going to be like. I friended a fair number of people from my hall after they told us who we would be living with because I figured I'd talk to them a little bit. From the people I friended on facebook, I didn't meet most, but some I did meet and became friends with them.</p>
<p>One thing I heard from some of my friends in student government is that a great way to get your name out is to friend a lot of people on facebook at a time like this before school when it's socially acceptable. Maybe 1/2 of the people will friend you, but it's a great way to start building name recognition. Also, with lots of friends you can invite them to a facebook group about your campaign. I actually saw this last year as several people who friended me then had "fake" conversations all ran for different positions.</p>
<p>I'd like to point out, the people with way too many friends on FB are probably just weird kids, you know, the quiet one sitting in the corner listening to everyone's conversations all the time? Yeah, that kid.</p>
<p>actually, i met my roommate nextyear through facebook! lolol. i actually added her through those "incoming college class of 20xx" groups, and then chatted with her a few times, saw her at orientation and went "whoa. are you so and so from FACEBOOK?!" it was kinda creepy stalkerish but also hilarious, lmfao. but yeaaa got to know her since then, and she's my roommate next year =p so not all facebook stalking is bad!</p>
<p>So... What do you guys think of the new Facebook?</p>