So, I deleted about 100 people from my friends list and...

[Greven]

Another Fun Fact: You shouldn't even feel guilty. I had a friend I used to raid with leave Goblin server because his new job didn't allow his time to coincide with ours. He switched servers in hopes to find a raid group. When his name became Deleted, I removed him from my FL. He ended up coming back to Goblin after about 3 months because he didn't find a good raid group and he missed his friends/old FC. He even changed names since he was gone, but retained the same First Name. One day I just randomly saw him playing TT against the Indolent Imperial and sure enough it was him, and he was back on my friends list again without me even re-adding him. This might not work for people with full FL's, but it did for me.

Aww, that's heart warming! I don't have a big FL, to be honest my BL is growing faster.. Though there are some people who I have no idea who they are so if I don't remember them they were probably not very close or else.. I hope >.>

[Abelli]

Anyone else played the last two years or so any having to do this when their friends list got full?

No, in fact I made a point to fill my friends list because that prevented the RMT from sending me friend requests. If I ever want to add someone to my friends list I'm pretty sure I'll know and can make room in advance.