do you keep in touch with all your friends on facebook

United States
October 25, 2009 3:54pm CST
hi myLotters and facebook fans. i've only had my facebook account for a few months and only have 60 plus friends there. i know it's very few compared to hundreds and hundreds of friends some of you probably have. i just got to thinking that even with only 60 plus friends, i don't get to keep in touch with all of them. those of you with hundreds of friends, do you keep in touch with each and every one of them? if so, how? i'm thinking of deleting some friends that i'm really not that close to. but it is fun to have a lot of friends on there. what do you think?
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12 responses
@taraelocin (1138)
29 Oct 09
There are quite a few people I don't stay in touch with. But it's nice to know about key events in their life and facebook helps not losing touch completely.
• United States
15 Nov 09
yeah, i guess it's still better to know a little more about them. thanks, taraelocin. have a great one!
@Zhizho (1350)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 09
I join on facebook about five months but I just have 90 friends.Until now,I keep trying looking for some friends that I want to know their news.Maybe,I don't say hello to each and every one but I try to coment for when they update status.
• United States
28 Oct 09
i'll just try to do that, too. thanks Zhizho! have a great day.
• United States
26 Oct 09
Hello, I 'm able to send a private message to each and everyone on my Facebook, but I'm able to send a message to everyone at one time, when I post my status and that is about it, I think it naturally that you are going to become closer to some, over others for one reason or another, but it is good to have many contacts on your Facebook, especially if you are someone who loves to network, and meet new people all the time. Happy My Lotting!
• United States
28 Oct 09
thanks onlinerep01. maybe i'll just try to do that more often, post something on my status. that way, they'll be updated on what i'm up to. but it's a bit one-sided when they don't post comments. oh well, i don't post comments that often too. hehehe. have a nice day onlinerep01 and happy mylotting to you too.
@solared (1207)
• United States
25 Oct 09
I have over 400 friends an it's impossible to keep up with them all, an then everyone has got their own time zone, so you only see them so often. I try but I will admit I keep up with some more than others, I have my favorites.
• United States
28 Oct 09
me too, i have my favorite contacts on there. my favorites are my sisters, cousins and my really real friends. thanks solared, have a nice one.
• Indonesia
26 Oct 09
i use facebook about 2 years ago and i only have 235 friends,most of my friends is have same hobby with me,and others just people who want to looking for friends. Im not bother about this,me and my friends is stay it touch,though not everyday,but when im update my status,most of all will comment to it,and we start chat. have much friends is help me to solve a problem too,so as i can i will post something on their wall.
• United States
28 Oct 09
thanks for replying, SouStalker. the original plan was to just add my family and really close friends on my account, but i got carried away. i saw profiles of my past classmates and i added them to my list. then i saw my sister's past classmates and i added them too.
@jt8900 (11)
• United States
26 Oct 09
Haha I don't keep in touch with even close to all of my facebook friends. I talk to maybe 1/3 of them. The others I just have on there in case I need to get a hold of them for whatever reason. Plus, I think people have a natural curiosity regarding what other people are doing lol.
• United States
28 Oct 09
oh well, i guess it's alright to just leave them there on my list. thanks jt8900. and you are correct. people are curious about what other people are up to. hahaha! have a nice one.
@nolipo (407)
• United States
25 Oct 09
I use my facebook account for only people I know in real life, that way I can keep in touch with them. I use my myspace account for all sorts of friend, or meeting new friends that have the same interests as myself. I check my facebook about three times a day and reply or comment on what my friends have written. If I were you I wouldn't just and a bunch of people. What happens with that is it's hard to keep up with everything and in the long run you end up overwhelmed and miss things.
• United States
28 Oct 09
you're right, nolipo. as it happens, i don't just add anyone to my account. but even if i know all my contacts, i can't communicate with each of them. anyway, thanks for replying to this discussion, nolipo. have a nice day!
@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
25 Oct 09
nope not bothered about it, some are worth talking to other yeah well their just contacts. i mainly talk to my best friend and cousins, maybe the odd old school friend. their there and i can contact them if i want but when people don't reply, what's the use.
• United States
26 Oct 09
same here. mostly i check my sisters and cousins' profiles. if i have more time, i check some friends' profiles too. but with a six-month-old baby, i find it hard to keep in touch with most of them... oh and i'm guilty of not replying to some of my messages there. i would if time permits. anyway, thanks weasel81.
@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
25 Oct 09
Oh definitely not!! I also have hundreds in Bacebook but most of them are placed in my limited profile. I only accept friend requests from people I don't know, mainly because I need friends for the games I play in Facebook. I only get in touch with those people I personally know.
• United States
26 Oct 09
thanks for replying, yuna15. i don't get to play games there because i don't have time. oh and i don't add people i don't know. i wouldn't want to complicate things further by adding more so-called "friends" when i can barely keep in touch with those i already have.
@liquorice (3887)
25 Oct 09
Like you I have around 60 friends, and I keep in touch with (meaning we regularly communicate via Facebook) maybe half of these. They are close friends who live far away, some family, and a few are friends who I also see several times a week in real life! The 'FB friends' I don't communicate with very much are mainly people who originally contacted me and maybe sent me one message, but then never replied back to any of my messages. I don't really get why they added me in the first place, other than to boost their friend numbers! I also don't understand how people with hundreds of friends can possibly maintain any kind of relationship with them. I don't see the point of adding just anyone to your friends list.
• United States
28 Oct 09
thanks for replying to my discussion, liquorice. i'm guilty of not replying to all my messages in facebook. but i try to post comments to their photos, etc. it's easier for me that way, and it takes a lot less time. time is what i need to really stay in touch with them, i guess. but i have a little baby that takes up much of my time right now. i hope they understand. anyway, thanks again, liquorice.
@ayenacsi (910)
• Philippines
25 Oct 09
Same here, my account there is fairly new. And I have added a lot of friends for their social games, and I have talked to some of them on the forums and on fb chat. It's fun getting to know some of them and learning stuff about them, some of them from halfway the earth . I advise you not to delete some friends, since that person may be offended if you did and you may be quite surprised one day with some news about your friend or what has he been up to. I think it's another way to learn about your friends and not-so friends' interests, what apps he has interest on, or videos, news, basically anything :)
• United States
26 Oct 09
thanks ayenacsi. i guess you're right. i'll just leave them there even if i don't talk to them much. it was my fault anyway. either i invited them or i accepted their invitation. i'll just be more careful next time.
@SuzyLong (775)
25 Oct 09
I have over 300 friends and I stay in touch with all of them one way or another. Some are from school so we talk about the old days lol Some I go to gigs with, some are family so I stay in touch with them a lot, some I work with and the rest I know through other people but have still met them and hung out with them at some point. If I don't know someone, I don't add them.
• United States
26 Oct 09
thanks, SuzyLong. sometimes i'm tempted to add and add people to my friends list. but i don't want to clutter my list even more. what i want is to declutter my friends list. sometimes i enjoy reading their posts, but most of the time, i'm annoyed by some of their updates--the people i'm not really close to. i mean i don't care if they leveled up in some game.