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My mom and step-dad have tons of friends, built up from decades of high school, college, work, neighbors, and living in a few different places. As someone who isn't great at making friends, I'm always amazed and impressed by their strong social connections, but there's nothing wrong with it.
This reads as very childish.  Not in an insulting way, just that's the way child friendships tend to be.  You need to put in "work" to maintain them.
A lot of adult relationships don't require that.  I can do literally nothing and not talk to some of my friends for years, and we're still friends, just as strong as in the past.
This sort of low maintenance friendship leads me to having a whole lot of friends, while still being genuine in my interactions. >

I’m not referring to having friendships you’ve picked up throughout life because chances are friends you’ve made in high school, college, or professional career you aren’t connected to on a daily basis. You check up on each other and communicate here and there. I’m referring to people who are connected to 25+ people on a daily basis at any given moment. >


I’m referring to people who are connected to 25+ people on a daily basis at any given moment.

And I'm telling you those people don't exist.
No one has 25+ friends they connect with daily, and anyone who claims they do is lying. >

I know some really superficial people who do this and claim "friends". They usually have really low level jobs, little education and are involved in pyramid schemes so need a lot of connections. I would agree with you that they are more connections than friends. >

Neither is a bigger red flag than the other.