Why are all my friends on Facebook mutual friends with EVERYONE?

[Aaron]

Like half of everyone that lives in my town has one of my friends as a mutual friend. What is this?

[Elle]

because it's facebook?

[TexHabs]

It's either a small town or you're at an age where people " friend " people they know from school.

[Dashley Mae Awa]

They just want to have a lot of friends on their Facebook to show off or something like that. I have friends who have more than 2,000 friends, but more than half of them are just strangers.

[Marty88Mph]

It's just collecting. They likely don't really know them.

[Nook]

Small world.

I live in the mountains, a fairly small community across about 12 small towns, where pretty much *every* person under the age of 25 knows *everyone*. Literally, there's no one in my town who's not connected to someone I know.

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this is why i dont have an account.

i call it-degrees of separation. meaning-everyone knows everyone or eventually will. a very dangerous thing if..1)dont associate in the first place. 2)purposely dont want any connections from those of past-for good reason cause it is best as past.

i dont understand how anyone can stand/be ok with prying people. or even give the pleasure indirectly to those youd rather not have any privilege at all.

just because everyone is doing it-doesnt make it right. sometimes,being in the minority is right.