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To ask how many friends and following you have on social media

57 replies

Socialmediafan · 06/11/2023 20:25

I’ve noticed the older people are the tend to have less. I have over 1000 on instagram and 800 Facebook friends

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RampantIvy · 06/11/2023 22:33

I am highly suspicious of someone with upwards of 800 "friends" because they can't possibly know them all.

I use Facebook as a resource to find out about local events and sell stuff. I use Facebook. It doesn't use me. My privacy settings are high and I never post pictures of my food, myself, or other people without their permission.

@Socialmediafan I expect the older people (like me) have fewer friends because they are only friends with people they actually know and want to be friends with.

YoongiMarryMe · 06/11/2023 22:31

1100+ on Instagram where I only post my old lady hobby.
Its a very lovely community where we all cheer each other on as our RL families are sick of us asking how our WIP looks. 😆

Createausername1970 · 06/11/2023 22:28

Don't engage with it.

NalafromtheLionKing · 06/11/2023 22:26

Let me just count them……0! (Not counting LinkedIn)

missskinnylegz · 06/11/2023 21:27

None. I don't have social media neither do any of my family

lljkk · 06/11/2023 21:26

Young people have a tendency to 'friend' any random they have chatted to for 5 minutes on SM. Us older folk are fussier.

Summerbay23 · 06/11/2023 21:08

Facebook 159 / Insta 69 (I’m 51) I only have family and friends- people I interact with reasonably regularly (I only have colleagues if I socialise with them too, not just regular colleagues).

squashi · 06/11/2023 21:05

I'm in my 50s and have about 400 friends on FB and 100ish followers on Insta. FB is important to me as a way of keeping in touch with some actual friends, but I also have quite a few people from childhood/school on there - people I'll probably never see in real life, but I like having those connections.

DesdemonasWinterBloom · 06/11/2023 21:05

I have 100 Facebook friends.

8,500 Instagram followers (my posts on i/g relate to a hobby).

1,200 followers on Threads.

I'm 56.

Doggymummar · 06/11/2023 21:00

I only use LinkedIn and have 12000, all people I have actually met

TheresaCrowd · 06/11/2023 21:00

HaveNoIdeaForAName · 06/11/2023 20:53

who cares?

MN would be pretty empty if we only discussed things we deeply care about 🤣🤣

Dinglewoop · 06/11/2023 20:59

I'm 30 and have no social media profiles. I'd rather focus on friends and family in person

Notimeforaname · 06/11/2023 20:59

I'm 36.

Notimeforaname · 06/11/2023 20:59

I dont have any🤣. I have no social media, never had a facebook or Instagram etc. I watch Youtube but you dont have friends on that.

BitofaStramash · 06/11/2023 20:57

Facebook about 50. They are all real life friends or relatives. Pretty private.

LinkedIn more than 2,000. They are professional contacts. I use it entirely for work.

X - had over 2,000 but closed my account earlier this year as it's a cesspit.

Instagram- never got into it and closed my account

HaveNoIdeaForAName · 06/11/2023 20:53

who cares?

horseymum · 06/11/2023 20:51

200 on FB but set so only about 60-70 are actually ' friends' and see what I post, the rest are ' acquaintances' and don't see posts. I frequently go through and quietly unfriend some of these too if I haven't interacted with them for a year or two. I only have one person I haven't met in real life yet ( met on here and hope to meet one day).

YabbaDabbaDooooo · 06/11/2023 20:51

I'm always a bit surprised and disappointed when I accept a friend request and find the person has over 1000 'friends'.

I think it's terribly attention seeking and some of them have the gaul to talk about 'privacy' when it comes to their children's photos, yet they're showing them to all and sundry on their 'private' timeline.

LindorDoubleChoc · 06/11/2023 20:49

80 something friends on FB. Am amazed anyone actually knows 400 people they would interact with if they bumped into them.

Ifailed · 06/11/2023 20:47

Why does it matter?

TheresaCrowd · 06/11/2023 20:46

I'm only on FB and have 79 friends/family/colleagues.

I'm not into collecting them unnecessarily.

Gingerlygreen · 06/11/2023 20:42

170 on Facebook, they're all people I interact with to varying degrees, I used to have quite a lot more but they were people I used to know and I'm not interested in what they are doing 30 years later so I deleted them.

Fionaville · 06/11/2023 20:39

In my 40s. About 400 friends on FB, but I only have people that I know and would talk to if I bumped into them. I don't really do the others.

SockQueen · 06/11/2023 20:39

About 600 friends on Facebook - they're obviously not all proper friends, but all people I know either in RL or from online groups (including MN).

I barely use Instagram but apparently have 88 followers - mostly people who've presumably cross-added me from FB.
I'm not on any other SM. I'm 39.

TizerorFizz · 06/11/2023 20:39

Im older and none. Don’t need it in my life: thank God. Way too busy!