maybe he just chooses his friends carefully?
Magnus Carlsen only has 91 facebook friends

I guess chess leaves a lover socially inept.
No, everyone knows that chess lovers make the best mates.

On the other hand his Facebook fan page (as opposed to his personal page, to which you linked above), has 6836 fans.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Magnus-Carlsen/223092438416
(Note: The fan page is run by a fan, not by Magnus himself)

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002676905049
It's only facebook, but that is quite a dismal number. I thought he had more with all the modeling and media exposure.
*shrugs shoulders*
I guess chess leaves a lover socially inept.
http://www.whychess.org/node/1904
After the Kasparov debacle "Carlsen was mocked at Facebook and on other internet sites, and is said to have subsequently removed 4000 Facebook “friends”."
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002676905049
It's only facebook, but that is quite a dismal number. I thought he had more with all the modeling and media exposure.
*shrugs shoulders*
I guess chess leaves a lover socially inept.
http://www.whychess.org/node/1904
After the Kasparov debacle "Carlsen was mocked at Facebook and on other internet sites, and is said to have subsequently removed 4000 Facebook “friends”."
Magnus is a sensitive man

it depends how you use fb.... some people are only friends with people they know well in real life. Others friend people with similar outlooks even if they don't know them. So it's really a matter of choice and there's nothing good or bad about the number. I say it's a sign of integrity if anything.

100% based. Why would you want to have 2000 wannabe "friends" on such a spying device like a 13 years old girl?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002676905049
It's only facebook, but that is quite a dismal number. I thought he had more with all the modeling and media exposure.
*shrugs shoulders*
I guess chess leaves a lover socially inept.