Number of facebook friends keeps changing?

[thankfulDemon894]

Well I noticed about a week ago that someone had removed me as a friend, and to be honest I didn't really mind as I don't know him that well, he was part of the animation team when I was on holiday, and we spoke to him a lot and got photos with him and stuff while we were there, but now we're back it's not as if we're really gonna keep in touch, and I reckon I annoyed him as I was tagged in loads of albums recently because we had a results day party for GCSE results, and I think I probably spammed his homepage with pics of me and he was like omg I'll just delete her. So yeah, I noticed the number of friends I had. It was 276. Then the next day I just happened to notice the number, and it was 274 and I was a bit like ermm.. so people are removing me? And I was kinda offended cos its not like I'm one of those people who post statuses every two minutes or comment on everything. But I added a few more people but it went up but then down again and after adding three or four more people the number stayed the same, like it would go up and down by ones and twos like changing once or twice a day. Today I checked and it was 277, and then a couple of hours later it was 278, but I've not added anyone today. Got any idea what's going on?

And yeah I know it seems like I'm obsessed with how many friends I've got, but I've met and made actual friends with everyone on my facebook-friends list, even this guy from Turkey - we were sort of friends at the time but yanno, he's just an animator and it's kind of his job to be friendly. And I'm just wondering if there could be someone on my account removing people, as the other day I found some links at the side of my profile to some games I've definitely NEVER played, like something to do with trucks. I just deleted it but it's kinda sparked this little doubt that I'm the only one on my facebook.. :/

[Natasha]

You should change your password. If after you change your password they friends keep eliminating, then the people are probably just removing themselves as your friends.

[tailz]

This happens to me daily its just a facebook glitch. Occasinally people delete thier profile or get it suspended so they go down then but it happens to me too, i vary between 715-730 each week without doing anything. Last night it was at 726 and this morning its at 728. Annoying.

[Shenne A]

ha ha there is nothing to worry about.I have been planning to ask my friends if they noticed there friend number were changing.I think its facebook.I have the same problem at first I thought people were removing me which I found odd because Im basically good with everyone on my page. Then the next day even though I did not add people it would go back up.It keeps going from 107 to 108 then 108 to 106 then 106 to 108 every day.

[Radia]

People deactivate and reactivate their accounts all the time which is why the number of friends keep changing

[Joey]

Hi Helen!

I've been noticing a similar problem (and yes i'm slightly obsessed with the number of friends i got too) on my account. It's not as huge as yours but i noticed that my friends list keeps changing by 1. For example, i'd have 312 friends at one moment and 313 friends at the next moments, and it keeps changing like that!

You're not the only one experiencing this problem, I've noticed and answered several Facebook questions like these! It's perfectly normal actually, you just gotta know who your real friends are and if you should trust them or not.

Hope this helps!

[Jamiee Bebe]

The exact same thing is happening to me !! it will say 283 friends then if I refresh it twice it will say 284, and on my cell phone if I view my profile it says I have only 280. I dont know what the hell is going on I thought it was just happening to me. Im obsessed with how many friends I got too. lol if someone removes me I find out who did it.