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Bill Gates Too Popular for Facebook

He signs off over w-a-y too many friend requests

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(Newser) – Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has signed off Facebook for good, saying so many people wanted to befriend him that it was difficult to tell who he knew or didn't know, reports AFP. There were "10,000 people wanting to be my friends," Gates said while accepting a philanthropy award in New Delhi.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates talks with Indian Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, India, yesterday.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates talks with Indian Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, India, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talks to an Associated Press reporter in Philadelphia last week.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talks to an Associated Press reporter in Philadelphia last week.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks at a function in New Delhi, India, Friday.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks at a function in New Delhi, India, Friday.   (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
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