Do people who collect hundreds of friends -- 200 to 300 or more -- on social networking sites...?

...such as Myspace, for example, have much of a life outside it?





Just picturing people clicking away adding so-called digital friends, if they're even called that, sounds pathetic. If people are truly outgoing -- what about finding like-minded people in the real world instead of hiding behind a computer screen and a pumped up profile.





I wonder if these people actually meet the hundreds of friends they add in real life.





I'm referring to the older crowd in the 30 to 40 age range, not younger kids in their teens and 20s.





What is everyone's thoughts about this?

Do people who collect hundreds of friends -- 200 to 300 or more -- on social networking sites...?
They don't meet these hundreds of ppl, they just have to satisfy themselves that they are in touch with these ppl, and don't even cae abt them,...I have few friends in yahoo, but I regularly keep in touch with them via mail, some frineds, I have them on my list, coz I like reading their blogs.





The net is a medium of connection, these ppl choose to keep in touch ove r the net and sort of fool themselves with a pseudo security...pathetic indeed...but, that is life...
Reply:I think it's ridiculous too. I do happen to have a myspace, but I only have around 14 friends, and they are all my close friends. i refuse to add anyone who I do not know, or who I don't like. I think it's disgusting that these people ask to be your "friend" when in real life, they have to desire to be your friend whatsoever.
Reply:I always wonder the same.





I have 69 friends on myspace. I prefer to keep it that way. I know each and every one of them. :)





Have a good day.
Reply:no, not at all. I've met some people in the flesh that I met online and there is such a difference between the two, it's more advantageous to acquire friends who live in close proximity to you. If you really have trouble with intolerance, you may "click to save" your online friends more readily. Here, some of the people who are going to feel exposed by your question will defend it, saying they "know all of them personally", which of course is untrue.
Reply:they just add people without really being friends with them. i have about 24 "friends" on Myspace, but i know each and every one of them personally. they aren't just random people.
Reply:It's an interesting question. Some people know a lot of people in real life, and like to add them to their networks, so I don't think it's all just digital. When people find their old friends they knew from other places they've lived in, or past churches or work-places they've been involved with, and they add them to their group, such as on facebook, the numbers can add up quite fast.
Reply:I have about 150 on my facebook. I know each and every single one of them.


Id say about half of those, id actually hang out sometime with.


Then about like 20, i hang out with all the time at least once a week.