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Facebook Question

Krimpette — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:47:28 GMT

I am only an occasional Facebook user...just like to see pictures of extended family. However, whenever I click on "friend requests".I get bombarded with a list of "people you may know". Question: Do those "people" go away? Or do I have to keep deleting them? Anyone know how they get there to begin with? Several are foreign sometimes. I understand the list of "people..." for those on my "friends" list. I just don't understand the extraneous ones. (There were 75 today). Thanks for any help/suggestions.

Re: Facebook Question

geezerette — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:53:11 GMT

Near as I can tell, on my list anyway, the “people you may know” list apppears to be people that are friends with my friends.

There should be two buttons below each name. One says “add friend” and the other is “remove”. If you click “remove” that name disappears. I think you have to do that for each name. Now, whether the list rotates to different people or the same ones come back, I don’t know.

Re: Facebook Question

Tricolor — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:53:26 GMT

These names pop up often because they may be friends of your friends. Or Facebook has tracked them to your area. I totally ignore those. Just scroll past them.

Re: Facebook Question

goldensrbest — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:54:30 GMT

I never have that ,why click on it?

Re: Facebook Question

Krimpette — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:55:27 GMT

@Tricolor Do they go away? (drop off?). I've been "removing" them, but it's a pain to do that 75 times a couple of times a week.

Re: Facebook Question

Tricolor — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:58:18 GMT

I am not sure why you are getting so many. Usually I only see a handful when I am on Facebook. One thing I do is to adjust my settings so that only my friends can see what I post. There is the option of letting your friends friends see what you post but I don't allow that on my settings. Maybe that's why you are getting so many names popping up. Not sure just taking a guess. Check your settings and make sure that you are as secure as possible.

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Spurt — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:59:39 GMT

If you have your location listed it could be people in your same location or area, or some common interest too.....

Re: Facebook Question

gidgetgh — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 20:16:26 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
@Tricolor Do they go away? (drop off?). I've been "removing" them, but it's a pain to do that 75 times a couple of times a week.

@Krimpette- just ignore them. They’re just suggestions for you. You don’t need to do anything with them.

Re: Facebook Question

Krimpette — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 23:43:28 GMT

@gidgetgh Thank you!

Re: Facebook Question

Georgiagrama — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 02:08:49 GMT

To be receiving so many friends requests, I am thinking that you must have your Facebook settings on public instead of private. I do have a Facebook account, but I am very careful about my privacy settings, and the posts that I click "like" for. If you click like on a public post your name is out there for everyone to see.

I wish I could help you, but my daughter set my account up and it's private and I am careful about even a friends post that I might like to not click on them.

Re: Facebook Question

dooBdoo — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 02:48:28 GMT

@Krimpette, Facebook keeps their specific algorithms, for just about everything, fairly nebulous so I don't think any of us know exactly what all the factors are. This is what their help section has to say:

"Where do People You May Know suggestions come from?

People You May Know can help people find friends on Facebook. People You May Know suggestions come from things like:

Having friends in common, or mutual friends. This is the most common reason for suggestions

Being in the same Facebook group or being tagged in the same photo

Your networks (example: your school, university or work)

Contacts you've uploaded

To add someone as a friend from People You May Know, you can send them a friend request.

Learn what to do if you're seeing suggestions for people you don't know."

source:

https://www.facebook.com/help/336320879782850

I'm seeing people I don't know suggested as People You May Know.

"We constantly update People You May Know to provide better suggestions. However, sometimes we might get it wrong and recommend someone who you don't know or don't want to add as a friend.

Most friend suggestions are based on having friends in common. If you see a suggestion with no mutual friends, keep in mind that some people have their friends list set to private. This means that some suggestions who are friends of friends may not show the friends you have in common.

Remove a suggestion

If you see people you don’t want to be friends with, tap Remove next to their name. Removing unhelpful suggestions helps us give you better People You May Know suggestions.

Note: If you don't want to show up in someone else's People You May Know suggestions, you can block them. Blocking someone also permanently hides them from your People You May Know suggestions."

source:

https://www.facebook.com/help/415968568455523?helpref=faq_content