Possible friends include strangers. Who doesn't want to be your friend on Facebook?
I don’t really share the desire of some users to send out friend requests en masse. Moreover, to complete strangers. But that's a separate conversation. Now let’s try to determine who we have already sent a request to and who is in no hurry to add us as friends.
To begin, open the “Friends” section in the main menu and follow the “See all” link.
Will open full list incoming requests and recommendations from friends. We are interested in submitted requests. Follow the appropriate link.
The list of sent requests includes Facebook users, who accepted our friend request, but are in no hurry to agree. If you are tired of waiting, you can delete the request here and resend it. This way, the user will receive a second notification that you are trying to add them as a friend.
Actually that's all.
I can foresee a popular question in advance: “How can I find out which of my friends opened my profile?” There is no such option on Facebook!
It is advisable not to add strangers as friends. If you are interested in what a person writes and don’t want to miss his new publications, then there is a “Subscribe” button for this. By subscribing, you will only receive notifications about its activity (both in the feed and in the form of notifications), but you will not get bored.
Negative consequences of having too many strangers as friends:
- Difficulty managing content in the news feed. Everything will be poured in there, from cats to birthday greetings.
- You will be added to hundreds of groups. Friends have the right to add each other to groups.
- Get tired of fighting off notifications like: “Ivan Ivanov asks you to cancel his page as a favorite,” “Petr Petrov invites you to join the game of Horns and Hooves,” “Sidor Sidorov invites you to the Mir-Trud-May event in Kazan.”
- Spam via private messages.
Personally, I have 101 people as friends and that, it seems to me, is quite a lot. The content of most of them does not make it into the main feed at all, people are forgotten and after a year it is not so easy to remember who is who.
How many friends do you have on Facebook? Write in the comments.
As you know, the Internet resource Facebook is the largest international social network, which allows millions of people from different parts of the world to communicate. Using this social media resource, many people can exchange photos, videos and, of course, messages.
The main advantage of the Facebook social network is that it is translated into eighty-four languages, so each person has the opportunity to choose any language from the list and find friends living in other countries. Useful functions developed by representatives of this social network, a large number of interesting applications, the convenience and ease of using this social network attracts an increasing number of users to Facebook every day. Recommended friends is an option that is one of useful functions of this website. This is what we actually want to talk about in our article today.
Users you may know
This is a section of a social network that shows users that the owner may know account on this website. The social network shows users to the account owner based on what they have mutual friends, identical information is provided regarding the institution where it was received higher education, or place of work. Facebook also recommends to account holders users with whom they are in the same groups, as well as based on contacts that were imported thanks to the friend search option and many other factors.Naturally, sometimes you may be offered users with whom you are not familiar or do not want to see them in your friends list. In this case, you have the opportunity to remove such users from the “You May Know Them” section by clicking the button with a cross next to their names. The social network Facebook does not send friend requests to users from this list on behalf of the page owner.
As social itself tells us Facebook network: Remember that you should only send friend requests to people you know in the community. real life, for example, to friends, work colleagues, relatives or classmates.
Also, quite a lot of users are interested in the question: how does this social network create a list of users for subscription? Let's see what representatives of the official help center of this site say about this.
Answer from the official help center
When asked about the principle by which the social network recommends users to subscribe on the main page of the account owner, help center gives the following answer: Facebook recommends those users who, in the opinion of the social network, may be of interest to the account owner. Recommendations are based on the number of friends of the page owner on Facebook who also subscribed to updates from these people, and on similar interests.Who called from unknown number and snorted into the phone? Who is "Lena of Mordor" who appeared in the phone book after Saturday's party? Enter the last 10 digits of your phone number into the search bar on Facebook and you'll likely get the answers. By default, the ability to find a person by phone number enabled for all users.
If you don't want this trick to happen to you, change your privacy settings.
2. Disable the “Viewed” status in messages
This feature ruins relationships and lives! Of course, who likes it when personally selected people are openly ignored? funny pictures and important news.
If you are not one of those who can calmly leave messages from acquaintances unanswered, use a browser extension. It disables the “Viewed/Unviewed” message status on the desktop version of Facebook. For the Chrome browser this is Facebook Unseen. For Firefox and Explorer - Chat Undetected. But there is also a negative point: with these extensions you will also not be able to see the read status.
3. Hide your online status from annoying friends
If you are completely tired of a friend, then turn off the chat with him. Click on the gear in the right column with the list of friends and select “Advanced settings”.
Messages from the disabled chat will be stored in the “Inbox” folder, but, unlike the previous point, you will not be able to read them unnoticed.
4. Look in your news feed only for posts from friends and communities you are subscribed to
Facebook wants to drag everyone into its quagmire as deeply as possible. This is why it shows users posts liked and commented on by friends. But there is a way to leave only posts from friends and communities you follow in your feed.
Install the friends feed extension in Chrome. With it, extraneous posts will either be hidden or covered with a gray veil - choose in the settings.
5. Read hidden messages
Who knows, maybe your life is not as boring as it seems. Perhaps you were called to the job of your dreams, secret admirers confessed their love, and their admirers threatened to kill you. But you didn't know anything about it, because Facebook posts messages from outside users V hidden folder and does not notify you about them in any way. Click on the “Other” tab (for many people it has recently been called “Correspondence Request”) next to the main messages and see everything that was hidden!
6. Hide your friends list from prying eyes
Let's not even speculate why you might be shy about your Facebook acquaintances. Just go to the “Friends” tab on your personal page, click on the pencil and indicate who can see the circle of your Facebook friends.
7. Disable video autoplay
In one fell swoop, you can bring a little peace of mind to your feed and save money. mobile traffic. To do this, disable automatic video playback. IN native app On Facebook, go to your account settings > “Video and Photos” > “Autoplay” > select the desired setting.
8. Share GIFs on Facebook
Do you love GIFs as much as ? If the answer is positive, we will tell you how to share them on Facebook. Insert a link to the GIF into the status field (yes, you won’t be able to upload it directly from your computer). After it is loaded, the link can be deleted. Publish.
9. Change your relationship status without unnecessary drama
Between internal decision ending the relationship and announcing this to the other party may take a long time. And I want to start looking for new romantic adventures on Facebook right away. By default, a notification about a change in your personal life appears in all friends' feeds. So don't forget to select the "Only Me" setting under "Information" > "Family and Relationships."
10. Bookmark interesting posts to read them later
Thousands of posts appear on your Facebook feed every day, it’s impossible to read everything, even if you completely abandon the idea of working. Fortunately, the social network has a built-in bookmarking service. To save a post for later, click the arrow in the upper right corner.
All your bookmarks are located in the “Saved” section (in the desktop version you will find it in the left column, in the Menu > More application)
11. Apply filters to photos
Don't neglect photo filters. Sometimes they can be useful to you to improve a poor-quality photo. In the Facebook app, filters are activated simply and elegantly by swiping left and right.
On social networks, users are rapidly trying to find as many of their friends as possible. Classmates, work colleagues, neighbors, gym mates, relatives, etc. – I would like to add all these people to my Facebook contacts list. But it’s not always possible to do this on your own, so Facebook uses a “smart” system that offers users potential friends. But how does he do it? Let's try to figure this out.
People you may know
If you're attentive enough, you've probably noticed that Facebook regularly asks you to add certain users as Friends. This is done with the help of various windows, conveniently located on social network pages.
You can see them in the “Find Friends” section, on the Chronicles page, as well as in the social network space reserved for advertising blocks. The “People You May Know” section serves as an assistant in finding familiar faces. The efficiency and accuracy of the “hit” of this section is pleasantly surprising.
You will actually be able to remember some of the people found by the system, some you most likely saw briefly somewhere, and some you don’t know at all. In any case, such help will not be superfluous. This is much more convenient and faster than manually trying to find all your friends.
If you see an unfamiliar user in the contacts suggested by Facebook, you can exclude him from your possible Friends. To do this, just click on the “X” icon in the window for this user.
By the way, contrary to popular opinion in user circles, he himself Facebook requests does not send out messages to be added to the list of Friends. The system only invites you to contact your possible acquaintances, and the decision to add to the contact list is made by you and your potential interlocutor.
How can FB find people you know?
The desire of Facebook management to help users expand their contacts does not resonate with everyone positive reviews. Many people are concerned about how the social network even manages to select possible friends so accurately? But in reality everything is more or less simple. The system analyzes all your data and offers the most likely matches.
In particular, the following information is used for analysis:
- a list of friends you have already added, as well as friends of friends, etc.;
- matches in places of study, work, residence indicated by you;
- participation in one community, subscription to one public page;
- communications via specified contacts and synchronized accounts on other social networks.
Users are scared by the fact that Facebook also analyzes data credit cards, used for payments within the social network, and contact information with mobile phones. Indeed, this is not the most pleasant moment to use social networks, however, upon the fact of your threat information security No. Well, if you are still afraid of some kind of conspiracy on the part of modern social networks, just indicate the minimum of your data.
However, there is still no need to worry. Your data is used primarily for your convenience. Facebook simply finds your possible acquaintances, thereby helping to quickly expand your social circle on the site.