I've been wondering the same thing.
Thanks Matt!
Well, if you want the most technical answer - the limit is the number of relationships that can fit into the database. For most systems this is the 32 bit integer limit, which is more than the number of friends anyone has.
There needs to be an admin-definable limit though so that no one can theoretically eat up available resources.
Some practical limit. Thanks.
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