Becoming Popular

[ZzKingz]

This is how I define "popularity":
Everyone knows about you
Most everyone likes you
Many more friends relative to others

I'm not the "loser" or even unpopular. I consider myself to have quite a few good friends and a much much larger circle of friends of acquaintances. I'd say I know about 8-12% of my school of about 2000 people. I have 300 facebook friends (thus far)

I want to have more friends and acquaintances, help?

[Syvelocin]

The kids I know that are like how you describe have a likeable personality, say hi and talk to pretty much anyone no matter what, and are overall completely nice people. They make you not be able to hate them.

Yeah, there you go. I never desired something like that, so I don't have many tips for you other than that. I prefer ten quality friends than having to keep up with an entire school of kids.

[Quahog]

Don't try to be popular. Don't try to be someone that you are not. You shouldn't have to want to be liked by as many people as you can. You should love yourself for who you are. If you want to become friends with someone, go up and talk to them, and get to know them, but popularity isn't something that you should just go and seek. Really it shouldn't be the only thing you think about, and it shouldn't be something that you feel you need. You should be happy, where you are right now. You have friends, and 300 facebook friends seems good enough for me, so you're doing fine. You will know more people as you continue on in life, and that's all that you need.

[ZzKingz]

@Vibrant, There's nothing wrong with having a bunch of friends. I have a few five-star friends, which is great, and I feel that having a handful of four and five-star friends along with a bunch of twos and threes does no harm and in fact is ideal.

@Syvelocin, I try to say hi to people I know when I see them, and I am nice to virtually everyone. I guess it's putting myself out there that's the problem. I guess I should have clarified.

[Quahog]

There's nothing wrong with having a bunch of friends. I have a few five-star friends, which is great, and I feel that having a handful of four and five-star friends along with a bunch of twos and threes does no harm and in fact is ideal.


No you are absolutely right, there really isn't anything wrong with having a bunch of friends, I'm just saying don't make that your number one priority. Think about school, and your future. Your under this assumption that the more popular you are, the more happy you will be. That isn't necessarily true. Like I said before, as you go on in life, you will meet more people, and make more friends. You will keep your old friends, and make new ones.

[Sage]

If you want as many people to like you as possible, just become unbearably mild-mannered and agreeable.

[ZzKingz]

If you want as many people to like you as possible, just become unbearably mild-mannered and agreeable.
Haha you're right people are so easy to manipulate like that. It's like Family Guy

[Wicked_Syn]

Just be you.

[Perseus]

Don't be a tryhard. Why aren't you content with the friends you already have? Don't try to be peoples' friends. Let it happen naturally.

[mr.sexy_bomb]

Don't try to be popular, either you are or you are not, there isn't really any benefits from it, a lot of people know me, I am the only guy In my high schools cheer team, so that gets me noticed a lot, but so what, i think people who try to be popular are just desperate for attention