Does the number of your facebook friends reflect the kind of person you are?

Why, do you ask strangers to add you as friend?

No but I have a lot of "friends" in my list who are colleagues or former colleagues. Although, we exchange hi and hellos or nods when whenever we came each other I don't really know much about the other person except the fact that we're in the same company or we worked for the same company which doesn't make them my friends in real life but mere acquaintances.

I never said a human being is a waste of time... I said that things they DO are a waste of time. I mean...if you have 200 "friends", do you really think they all want to read "Had a bad day today...Going to have a drink tonight"? And do you really think that all 200 will respond? And if they do...do you know the time it will take for you to respond to each of the "friends" cause if you respond to some and not all...those that aren't responded to get mad? And if one has that many "friends".. how close can they possibly be with all of them? And if they have a story to tell...fine, tell the story but why bother with a silly little phrase that says basically nothing? I have had my "friends" post on their own pages things like "Go Cowboys". Okay, so they are a Cowboys fan, but so what? Are all 200 friends going to respond back and say "no, I like the Steelers better" or "yeah, go Cowboys". What's the point! and then the time it will take to sit there and read all the mindless little comments even if you don't respond back...bottom line...a waste of time. I have a friend...been friends since we were in high school! She writes more than I do but she talks about things I have nothing to do with or know about.. She is on one side of the country and I am on the other side. I don't know her friends so when she says something about her friends or life over there.. I don't respond to many things she posts as I have no idea what or whom she is talking about. She has 187 friends...I read the replys to her posts.. and the same ones comment all the time...about 20 all together. What about all the other 167 "Friends"? So the amount of friends you have...basically means nothing. IT is those that respond and communicate with you that are the ones that matter

That happens because there are many people who are really so shallow, and would post something that doesn't really mean anything... But this also doesn't mean they are not real and they couldn't be our friends. Shallow or deep, they still have stories to tell. And any human being is never a waste of time... What do you think?

I don't know coffee, but I do get delighted by such status as had a bad day today or go cowboys. I have read such as status as taking off in a few minutes, thanks family and friends for my wonderful four week stay in the east coast. Sounds bragging but somehow, I do get a picture of what that friend had been doing. And somehow, I feel grateful for being allowed to peek into his/her private life. And I ponder that when we meet again, it is just like we had never been away from each other because I am updated by whatever nincompoops my friend had been doing. It is not necessary to respond to all the other posts, but when we read the posts, it bridges us somehow and there is a chance that we could get closer. The more friends, the merrier. But of course there are those special ones we hold dear.

Oh, well if he is a musician, then that explains it..:)

Yes, he is in the music world and somewhere in the past, he had worked with each and everyone.

Hey, I guess it could! But thinking in "real life"... that would be a lot for me to take care of!

I think it says you have room for more.

Knight, he isn't a mylotter and I don't think he could allot time here. He is a composer based in Diliman.

He is a gentle person, very simple despite his stature in life. And he listens to everyone who talks to him. I don't know how he does it because time is something he doesn't have. He is forever busy! But he listens, and answers.

Hiya eileen, What a nice person then. A nice genuine Person is someone that has time for everyone else. In spite of who he is he takes time to listen to others who are in need of someone to talk to about anything maybe but that is important.

Virtual friendship is very real now. In fact it had created a whole new meaning for many people. I have read of a story of a young European girl who was about to take her own life and she said goodbye to her friend in America. The boy friend made a desperate effort to notify the authorities and the girl was saved in the nick of time.

Facebook does enable us to know more about a person and we have the option to make the friendship deeper.

Facebook connected people and I think that is the greatest feature the site offered. I do hope that you rekindle the old friendships. I did have one classmate who never liked me in high school but when we discovered we were in the same profession and believe in the same ideals, she made me godmother to her youngest child.

Hi ALVARO, you are absolutely right, facebook is for family and friends reconnecting their ties. But there are also many others who are venturing new horizons, discovering new friends and making new friendships... Somehow I believe that that is great, but caution must be exercised, for the world is full of trickery and deception. Yet if one remains true to oneself, nothing must be feared.

The introvert thing is really interesting. Facebook must be a medium where these ultra shy people could express themselves, huh!

Yes, I agree that facebook must only be for people you know.

Hi ktvn, I think I will skip the sales part.

6k! That is amazing! I guess that there are some people who are gifted in making friends. And the chatting kinda make the friendship deeper. I am glad people try to reach out through chat. It makes the connections more real.

Well, I did hear that when you play Farmville, you are actually helping the little children in Haiti. Good for you se7enth, you and your friends are not just good, helpful guys, you are also not nosy!

I asked an 18 year old why she has 800 friends. She said relatives alone number a hundred and fifty, and there are the schoolmates from grade school to college, including teachers, and then there are the churchmates... And then she added they are all important to me.

That is a study the social scientists can begin looking into, if there is a significant proportion about the number of friends in real life and the number of friends in facebook. That may give them another definition for introvert and other terms. Good idea, nat!

Do they do that really? That is madness! The people who do this kind of thing must be idle. Or they must be up to something, like networking!

Oooops, I thought everyone was cautioned to add only the people they know.

He does know everyone of his friends. Come to think of it, he is photogenic. But I suppose the friends invited him for his genius and his congeniality.