Why do some people have well over 1,000 friends on facebook?

[Chris]

I would understand having like 400 or 500. But there's people on their who have like 1,500, even 2,000. I'm at 344. This is how I see it. You have probably 3 to 10 close friends, then you have another maybe 30 good friends; not close, but you speak frequently and are good enough to be friends. Then the rest are probably family, acquaintances and people you do know, but not that well. Some people add everyone or close to everyone they know. I would guess in some cases, adding people they never even met.