How do I change my friends list settings?

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  1. Tap in the top right of Facebook.
  2. Tap Settings.
  3. Scroll down to Privacy and tap Privacy Settings.
  4. Tap Who can see your friends list? below How People Find and Contact You.
  5. Select the audience of people (such as Friends) you'd like to have access to your friends list.
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How do I personalize my friends list on Facebook?

Log into Facebook on a computer.
  1. From your Feed, click Friends in the left menu. You may need to click See More first.
  2. Click Custom Lists, then click Create List.
  3. Enter a name for your list and click Confirm, then enter the names of friends you'd like to add by clicking Add Friends.
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How do I change my friends layout on Facebook?

  1. Log in to your Facebook account. Click the "Friends" link located along the left side of your profile page.
  2. Locate the "Search by Name" option on your "Friends" page. ...
  3. Look to the right of the search field to find two buttons. ...
  4. Click the left button containing the three rows of three blocks to change your friends layout.
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What happened to Facebook friends lists?

We're shutting down this lesser-used feature to focus our efforts on improving the main News Feed experience. While people won't be able to view custom feeds from lists of friends, they'll still be able to create and edit friends lists, and share just to these audiences whenever they post to Facebook.
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Why can't I see someone on my friends list on Facebook?

You've blocked them. The person you're looking for may have limited their privacy settings or blocked you. Sometimes people forget that they've limited their settings. If you still can't find one of your friends, ask them to look at their privacy settings.
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Why don't I see my friends on Facebook anymore?

If you've blocked someone or they've blocked you, you won't see their profile. If you have additional Facebook profiles you'll need to manage blocking from each of your profiles separately. Learn more about blocking on Facebook.
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Why am I getting so many friend requests on Facebook?

You receive a huge number of friend requests because Facebook is showing your profile in the People You May Know section to a lot of people. The People You May Know section appears under Find Friends, but will occasionally appear in the News Feed or Notifications.
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Why do some Facebook profiles say message instead of add friend?

It means they may have modified their privacy settings and they may have it set so that you have to have mutual friends with them to add them. Or if you sent them a friend request already they have denied it and marked it as spam or that they don't know you. This removes your ability to send them a new one.
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How does Facebook decide which friends to display?

Your friends are ranked based on how often you interact with their content (visit their profile page, message them, like or comment on their status, etc). It uses this ranking to decide which 9 friends to show on your profile page.
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Why does Facebook friends list change order?

Facebook determines those nine friends based on some factors - your interactions with those individuals on Facebook, profile views, tagged photos, wall posts, likes, comments, viewed photos, private messages, mutual interactions, friends who are currently online, friends you've added to the "close friends" group and ...
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How do you categorize friends?

I ended up with 15 categories.
  1. Tier 1: Close family and critical, lifelong friends. ...
  2. Tier 2: Very dear friends. ...
  3. Tier 3: Current romantic partner(s) ...
  4. Tier 4: Circumstantial, beloved friends. ...
  5. Tier 5: Work friends and mentors.
  6. Tier 6: Delightful personal acquaintances. ...
  7. Tier 7: Delightful professional acquaintances.
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Why are people getting friend requests from me on Facebook that I didn t send?

If your Facebook friends receive a friend request that you did not send, your Facebook account may have been compromised, or a fake account with your name and profile picture may have been created.
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Why did someone accept a friend request that I never sent?

Originally Answered: Why does Facebook tell me people have accepted my friend requests, when I never sent a friend request to them in the first place? You either sent a request and forgot about it or your password has been compromised and your profile is being used to send advertisements to other people.
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Is there a limit on Facebook friend request per day?

There is no stated limit to the number of friend requests you can send per day, other than the 5,000 friend limit. However, there IS a limit to the number of pending, ignored friend requests you can have at a given time.
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How do I turn off all friend requests?

Navigate to your profile, click on the three dots (More) below your cover photo, choose "Settings & Privacy," then "Settings." Under "Privacy," adjust the "Who can send you friend requests?" setting based on your preference, like limiting it to "Friends of Friends" or a specific group.
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Why is my Facebook adding friends automatically?

Why was Facebook adding friend requests automatically? The bug, which was related to a recent app update, meant that any profile viewed by a user on Facebook would automatically be sent a friend request – catching out anyone who had been hoping to snoop on another profile undetected.
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How do I reset my Facebook algorithm?

Click your profile picture and select Settings and privacy > Feed. Use the options here to make an immediate Facebook algorithm change. To see more content from specific people and brands, add them to Favorites.
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How do I see more friends and less ads on Facebook?

If you're on a smartphone you can tap settings, then feed, then select "friends". This will place the most recent posts at the top of your feed. You may also see fewer ads.
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How can you tell if someone has restricted you on Facebook?

Look for empty space at the top of their profile.

If you've been restricted, you won't be able to see the private posts, hence the space here. Depending on when your friend made their public posts, you might not see a gap here even if you have been restricted.
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Can someone tell if I look at their Facebook page a lot?

Facebook doesn't let people track who views their profile. Third-party apps also can't provide this functionality. If you come across an app that claims to offer this ability, please report the app.
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Why can't I see my friends friends list?

Not seeing someone else's friends on Facebook doesn't necessarily mean that they've unfollowed or blocked you, though. More than likely, they changed their Facebook privacy settings to prevent users they are not connected to from viewing their Friends list.
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What is the default setting for Facebook friends?

Facebook is changing the default for new users so that, going forward, the default setting is Friends. The change will have no impact on existing users. The first time someone posts, they will see a reminder to choose an audience for that post and if they don't make a choice it defaults to Friends.
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