How do people get so many "friends" on facebook?

[Fanaticallace738]

Nope. Some people are serial friend adders.

Quite a lot I would go on a night out, or whatever, and randomly get talking to someone in my town who I don't know. The next day, when I log onto FB, they have added me as a friend. I also get random people who went to my school, but weren't in my year adding me.

And the weirdest of all, I get plain randomers adding me who absolutely could not know me as they don't even come from the same country as me.

Some people just use it as a popularity contest, but realistically, having a huge friend list, full of people you don't know, does not make you popular.