The [friends] tag pertains to questions related to "friends" on social networks or other websites.

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How to jump to friend's comment on video or photo

On Facebook, in the news feed you can see when friends place a comment on a video or photo. However, what that friend has written is not shown directly, which is annoying when the video or photo has ...
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How to use CSV files to invite friends to your company page on Facebook

I want to invite more friends to my company page on Facebook using a CSV file but it is not working for me. Can someone help me on this?
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How can I adjust my Facebook settings so I see when friends make new friends?

In the past, my Facebook wall showed me when a friend had made a new FB friend, and also told me who that friend was. Now, my wall does not show when any of my friends make a new friend. This only ...
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What is a web app that lets you see all of your friends' social streams from a single interface?

I am looking for a web app that lets you see all of your friends' social streams from a single interface. Does anyone know of any? Examples of features I'm looking for: Integration with Google ...
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Search shows mutual Facebook friend, but mutual friend's profile doesn't show anywhere

I was searching for a person on Facebook, e.g. John Doe. When I type in the Facebook search bar, it displays "John Doe" as the first result and indicates "1 Mutual Friend". When I click on John Doe, I ...
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Using a Facebook Page as a social plugin to get friend requests from website visitors

Can I use my personal Facebook Page as a social plugin on my website, in order to get friend requests from visitors of that website? I want to generate friend requests through the website, is there a ...
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Knowing who I sent a friend request to on Facebook

Today I received a notification that XYZ has accepted my friend request. I do not know the person and do not remember sending any request to him. Is there any way to check if I sent the request to ...
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Facebook question about custom privacy settings [closed]

For posts that i post and photos that i have posted and shared, my custom settings are set to: Friend of friends EXCEPT for: a,b,c,d,e,etc.... Meaning that my EXCEPT for list is blocked no matter if ...
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How does the facebook friend finder operate?

Facebook friend finder is really creepy. It has suggested to me: The father of a friend of mine, whose existence in facebook was unknown to the said friend of mine himself. The twin brother ...
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Facebook app to delete friends

I'm looking for an app that would 'measure' how bad friends you are with all your facebook friends. For example, it could take into account those points: If you have friends in common/how many of ...
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How can I allow someone who isn't my Facebook friend to like my photo?

I want people to like my album/photo since I'm joining a quiz. Unfortunately, even though I set my album as public, a non-friend can't like it. How do I change the setting?
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How do I delete friends on Facebook?

How can I permanently delete friends from my Facebook account?
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How to prevent my friends seeing my friend list on facebook

I am wondering is there a way that enable me to customize how my friends in my friend list see each other on facebook. There are some cases that make this feature so useful and necessary, for ...
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Hide friends' friending activity on newsfeed

Is there a way to hide my friends' friending activity from showing up in my newsfeed? I'm tired of seeing what new friends they've made that I don't even know.
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Can a tagged but only-allowed friend's friends see the status where he is tagged?

If I (1) post a Facebook status; (2) tag one friend in the status; (3) and customise the privacy settings of the status so that only this one friend is allowed to see it, will this friend's friends ...
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What is the limit of Facebook friend requests you can receive?

I'm asking this because I receive a lot of friend requests everyday, but I know that there's a moment in which if someone clicks on your "add as friend" a pop-up will appear saying something like ...
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How do I find my friends on CouchSurfing?

I have a couple of friends/acquaintances whom I know use CouchSurfing but the interface is extremely un-user friendly with regard to finding particular people rather than finding a couch in a given ...
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How Can I Really Turn Off “Close Friends” Notifications?

Recently Facebook has begun notifying me of random things. It started when it would tell me about everybody's check-ins. That wasn't so bad, because it doesn't happen very often and I can appreciate ...
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How to unlist automation friend lists in Facebook?

In my Facerbook friend list, there are some lists that were created automatically e.g. the lists whose names are my high school and undergraduate university. I don't want to see those list when ...
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Why does Facebook want me to add more friends?

Facebook keeps spamming me with different variations of "Friend Finder", "Find more friends" & co (mostly on the right column, where the ads belong), and I'm just wondering: why are they doing ...
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Friends who are “invited” vs. “added” on a FB closed group page

I started a closed group page on FB. As I did, I thought I invited friends from my own FB page to be a part of this group as the prompts allowed me to do. As the page evolved, I noticed that many of ...
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If someone doesn't show his/her friends in Facebook, will that person appear in another friend's list?

If someone doesn't show his/her friends in Facebook, would that person appear in another friend's list? I mean, I want to hide my friend list. I don't want to be related in terms of Facebook ...
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Limit of friend requests by day in Facebook?

I've signed in Facebook, what's the limit of friend requests I can do? This limit is renewed on a daily basis?
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Select All Friends in Facebook

How does one select all ones friends when trying to invite friends into groups, etc.?
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Deleting archived friends list and old liked pages

The activity log basically documents everything that you do. Is there anyway to go back and delete Facebook pages that you have liked in the past but now have unliked? Is there a way to permanently ...
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Facebook app that lists your friends sorting them by number of friends they have?

I need to see my friends, sorting them by who has the most number of friends. Is there a way to do this?
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Why does Facebook say that my friend searched his email contacts but he didn't?

Facebook Friend Finder suggests me to search for friends and asks for my email password saying "N found 2 friends by searching his email contacts. Give it a try". But my friend never did this, I ...
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Timeline view after being unrestricted

I blocked someone, restricted them after doing so, and I also unfriended them. Later on, I took them off the blocked and restricted list and now we are friends again. However, they are only able to ...
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Why have some of my friends have gone missing from Facebook?

I was looking through my friends list and spotted this: Some of my friends (well more like acquaintances, but you get the picture) are displayed in the list, but don't have a "Friends" button and ...
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How to keep my friends (100%) private on Facebook

I'm considering setting up a Facebook account but have some concerns about privacy. Specifically, I don't want Facebook to provide the name of Friend A (say) to Friend B if I haven't agreed to this ...
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How to stop friend requests from non-friends on Facebook? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to stop friend requests from friends of friends Please help I do not want to receive any friend request from unknown, but unfortunately face book security has only ...
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How can I retroactively tag friends in a post on Facebook?

I posted a status update on Facebook and tagged a few friends in it, but I forgot one, and another only accepted my friend request after I had already posted the status update. How can I now ...
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How can I reconnect to my friend whom I previously blocked?

I have block the one of my friend from my facebook profile, but now we want to reconnect again.... a strange truth of life. Perhaps, Facebook doesn't want that and me & my friend both are not ...
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Determine who unfriended me on Facebook

Is there a way to find out who "unfriended" me on Facebook?
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How can I hide my friends list in Facebook?

I don't want people to see my friend list when they look at my Facebook account. How can I hide my friends list from people looking at my Facebook account? When I google for this, I see about 100 ...
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Printing friends list off Facebook with just their names

Is there a way to print your Facebook Friends List? Not their information, just the names on your list. It would make it much easier to see who you lost when your amount of friends changes if you ...
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How can you get Facebook to allow you more than 5000 friends?

Facebook maxes out your friends at 5000. Is there some way to get around this without just creating a second page? Note: I'm not even close, but I have friends who have maxed out and have to kluge ...
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How do I cancel a friend request on Facebook?

If I send a friend request to someone, and after quite some time they haven't accepted, how do I cancel the friend request?
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Un-friending someone on Yelp

How do I go about un-friending a contact from my list on Yelp? I searched the Yelp FAQ but couldn't find it.
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How can I stop friends from posting my location on Facebook?

How can I stop friends from posting my location when they tag me and a location in their status? This Lifehacker post seems to be out of date.
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Cannot Add Friends to Business Page

I created a page for my condo community and am trying to add friends but there is no option for this. I created it as a local business and edited it accordingly, have pressed ALL the possible tabs, ...
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What determines when the mutual friends notice appears on Facebook?

Why is it that "1 mutual friend" shows up only sometimes when I type in a certain contact's name in Facebook? Someone that I know "used" to be friends with someone else I know. Does that mean ...
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How to find a cafe based on your interests/personality? [closed]

Do you know if there is an app, or a service of some kind, that lets you find a cafe/restaurant/club/bar/museum/theatre etc that fits your interests/personality/style? If you for example are a person ...
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Facebook: List of people didn't accept friend request yet [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Knowing who I sent a friend request to on Facebook How can I get list of people whom I've sent friend request but they didn't accept it yet in Facebook?
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How to add people with the new YouTube profiles as friends?

It's easy to add people with the old YouTube profiles as friend, as you just click the link: I see no such option where the other links are on the new profiles though: Is there still a way to do ...
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How to add friends on Ultranet?

My Government Primary school where I am a student, has just given us Ultranet and I was wondering how do I add friends on it so that I can see their blog posts and their wall or just at least see ...
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Is there a way to set my Facebook “Friends” list to always “Show All”?

Is there a way to set my Facebook "Home> Friends> Edit Friends" list to always "Show All"?
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How do I import friends into Youtube?

Is there any way to import friends from Facebook or Gmail into Youtube?
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How can I get the IDs of a Facebook user's friends?

How can I get the IDs (or links) of a Facebook user's friends? Any app for that? His/her friends are visible to everyone. I can get his/her friends IDs manually but it takes long time.
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Blocking people on facebook without flagging them as spammers

I want to block a [former] friend from seeing me on facebook, but not flag them as a spammer - how do I do that? note - ...

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