How did you get so many friends on Facebook?

I am out of college but want to use Facebook to re-connect w. old acquaintainces. I added about 8 friends so far that I know, but feel weird contacting people/acquaintainces I haven't seen/spoken to in years. Also- I wonder how it seems like everyone on Facebook has 100+ friends (or in this range). I don't think I know that many people from school and am just wondering- if you're one of those people with a lot of friends on Facebook- did you know all of those people personally? or did you e-mail random people from your school?

How did you get so many friends on Facebook?
i have 227 friends. i was just out of high school when i got facebook, and have a lot of ppl i graduated with as well as ppl above or below me a bit that i knew. so i get a lot that way since my graduating class had 300 and something, and i was very involved in student council and other activities so i became friends with many ppl older or younger than me over my years in high school. but i dont just have random ppl. there are others on facebook who i know but hardly talked to so i dont add them.





now im in college and i try to add at least a person i get to know in each of my classes in case i ever have questions, so after i know someone a few weeks who i sit by or whatever, i add them. however, we have a major university in my hometown, which i am attending and have been for 4 semesters, so chances are i probably already know someone in my classes. there arent near as many ppl in my college network as my high school





i also have my old high school teachers, youth ministers, and i am even finding friends that moved away in middle school or junior high that i was close with. i usually get new friends thru my current friends. i might scroll through someones friends and find ppl i want to add. also since most of my friends on facebook are from my high school chances are i have several ppl add "bob" when bob first gets facebook so it pops up on my home screen that 7 ppl added bob and if i knew him well i might add him too.





hope that explains some!
Reply:The thing is that, the more you meet people and get to know them, either you or they will add you on facebook..or old friends from elementary, high school, college and or even current co-workers and past will search you up. I have like 199 friends and only about 3 of them are random friends.
Reply:Most people use the "contact importer" to add friends from their Hotmail account that use Facebook. Well, that's how I added people and how people add me anyway. I'm not one of those people who add a million friends for attention, but I do know a few. They add people they met once or twice, or friends of friends, or people they've worked with, I'm not sure why. They could have like 300 people on their list, but only actually know 50 or 100 and out of those, they are actually close friends with like 20. So I don't know, the whole thing is like a popularity contest. It's different for everyone but that's my opinion. =)