Wow. 117 doesn’t really seem like that many. I have 219, and the vast majority are people that I’d definitely chat with if I saw them on the street. (There are also some fiction writers who are friendly with their fans – I’d definitely chat with them if I had the chance, but I likely won’t).

I don’t feel compelled to join people mob’s or help with the Farmville farms, though, and I am never around on Facebook chat. I’d interact the same way if I had 20 friends or 1000.

I wonder if this isn’t a true cause and effect. Perhaps these people have a deeper feeling of the need to be included, and this causes them to have more friends (accepting all request without thought of ignoring) AND feeling the need to constantly respond to stuff.