<p>Do you normally add people you know as friends or wait for them to add you as friends on Facebook? This question basically comes down to if you are the guy who makes requests or accept them. </p>
<p>My theory is that for people who have over 200+ friends in one network, they are either very popular or obsessed with facebook.</p>
<p>Usually the latter (I wait), unless they also wait for a very long time, in which case I usually end up adding them.</p>
<p>I think your theory really depends on the school a person is at.</p>
<p>For example, at my school most people are on Facebook and it's not that uncommon to have over 150-200 friends from here on your Facebook.</p>
<p>I have about 200 friends on facebook in my school's network (about 40ish more in other networks) but they all people I know... well, mostly. There's maybe 10 people I don't really know that well but have met once or twice. If I meet someone, generally I'll probably friend them if I like them. Every so often, I do go through and weed out people I never talked to again after that one time.</p>
<p>I have a fair number, but definitely significantly less than some. I usually wait to friend people until we've met multiple times.</p>
<p>I guess I wait, but not intentionally. I hardly ever go online, and when I do, there's usually some requests sitting there.</p>
<p>over 200 isn pretty common, especially when you're an upperclassmen because you're always meeting people.</p>
<p>It's just really up to you- if you really like them and want to find out more/stay in touch...then so be it.</p>
<p>I'm the type of guy who typically waits for others to add me. I feel awkward adding other people.</p>
<p>I have ~160 friends.
~90 of them are from my school
~40 are from my old school
~15 are friends from camp, art classes, etc.
~15 are either relatives or people I know through other people, family, or I see them once in a while.</p>
<p>It varies. A lot of times I wait for people to add me but I also add people a good amt of times, especially when they are people who went to my old school who i discover, haha. So it's prob around 50-50</p>
<p>Both approaches have their perks:
--if you wait for someone to add you, you get to find out if they have any interest in talking to you.
--if you add him first, it increases the strength of the relationship.</p>
<p>I've started to add people more and more these days.</p>
<p>It depends</p>
<p>(a) if I want to know someone but I'm scared of the reactions that someone would have to my profile (warning: it's REALLY weird), I'll friend the someone with one of my fake profiles (this usually only applies for people who don't know who I am, but who I MIGHT be interested in knowing for the future). Or I just use my army of crows, theorems, and ducks to join THEIR regional networks.
(b) if I already know the person well, I'll add without much hesitation
(c) if I see someone I'm potentially interested in, hmm... I haven't added anyone like that in a while (I'll only do that IF the person recognizes me. If not, I'll use my fake profile(s)).</p>
<p>I actually more readily friend people I know over the internet (since I'm more likely to lose contact with them - but also since I won't lose that much if people I know over the internet find my profile so weird as to defriend me). I've had around 10 people defriend me for one reason or another</p>
<p>If I ONLY met someone through facebook, however, I'll feel queasy about friending them (but will accept requests).</p>
<p>I usually readily friend fake profiles</p>
<p>Now I just hide most of the "socially awkward nerd crap" on my profile (notes, groups, and photos were worst), so I should be more open to friending mere acquaintances.</p>
<p>It's not the nerdiness that's the problem, it's the sheer volume.</p>
<p>Facebook activity is intrusive -- if you're popping up on people's newsfeeds significantly more often than other people, people will be inclined to defriend you. People usually don't have the time or patience to read about everything you do. It's imperative that you understand that not everyone has as much free time as you and some people actually have lives outside the Internet (gasp!). (Note that this is also why your blog is read by an audience of one person, who writes really short comments and regards you with slight disdain.)</p>
<p>out of my 111 friends, approx. 90 are from school (old or new), 10 random facebook people I don't even know, and the rest are CCers, LOL...</p>
<p>I, personally, think it's kind of stupid if someone who you've just met adds you on Facebook. So, if I just met someone, I won't add them on right away. I'll either wait for them to add me, or I'll get to know them before I add them.</p>