[robryan]

yeah, 5k friends would be a horrible experience unless they were mostly hidden from your stream. You would never see anything you close friends posted.

[zalew]

I don't get what's the point having 5000 people in the first place, unless you use fb only as a publishing stream (but that's what fanpages are for).

[scott_s]

The author of this piece is a professional blogger. Having 5,000 FB friends is probably natural to him because marketing himself is part of his job.