If you are having such a high listing of close friends and also joined some variety of groups than you may have some problem with the notices. I understand this since much of my friends are addicted to playing those Facebook games and I got many alerts of invitations as well as requests.
Not taking excessive time with my own trouble I wish to share exactly what I am doing to quit those alerts.
How Do I Turn Notifications Off On Facebook
ACTIONS
1. Most likely to your Facebook account.
2. Click the "Notice". Where you obtain all your notices.
3. You could see setting option there. Select it.
4. Now select when you want notice.
5. Select your Alternative as well as minimize your checklist of notices.
Those are the steps that you have to do. Well with this trick you can not stop all notice yet it will definitely decrease the number of the notifications. In my case it decreased to the 40-50%. So it is worth to aim to quit to some worthless apps as well as game alerts.