Prior to me becoming more privacy conscious I had 700+ "friends", of which less than 250 I actually ever met or was acquainted with. I recall one very specific

Prior to me becoming more privacy conscious I had 700+ "friends", of which less than 250 I actually ever met or was acquainted with. I recall one very specific interaction with one of those random requests of some person adding me and claiming to be Demi Lovato (I'd no idea who that was at the time) with their name spelled really oddly (I can't remember exactly, but they were trying to spell Demi Lovato but with random word or characters in between to make it look mildly like Demi's name, but not really). This interaction was somewhat of a wake-up call and that's when I realised I shouldn't be accepting random requests. Afterwards my friend's list hovered around 150. These were family, close friends, less close friends, and acquaintances. I also had hundreds on my friend requests lists by the time I deleted my FB around 2015.