Want to connect two Facebook friends with a few quick clicks? Too bad Facebook doesn’t offer the feature anymore! However, I’ve covered a couple good ways below if you don’t know how to suggest friends on Facebook.
Facebook is the biggest and oldest mainstream social platform. And what good is it without connecting a group of friends together?
How to Befriend Someone on Facebook if the “Suggest Friends” is not available?
Facebook may have taken a step back on its “Suggest Friends” feature. And God knows what reason! But if you can’t see the “People You May Know” feature either, you’re probably running an older version of the app and need to update.
Talking about “People You May Know,” you too might have wondered how Facebook comes up with the suggestions. Is it a cause for a privacy concern on your device?
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It’s quite the opposite, actually. Facebook collects data from your bio such as City, School, College, University, and Groups. Even the people you’ve interacted with through posts or group conversations will likely show up in your feed under the “Friends Suggestions.”
But if you fail to find the person you’re looking for in people you may know, you can look them up using the Facebook search feature. Here’s how to do that:
- Log in to your Facebook account from the mobile app or through the browser on a desktop PC or Laptop.
- Type in the name of the person you want to add as a friend.
- Use the “Filter” feature to refine search results by feeding specifying the info you know. For example, City, School, Job, etc.
- Click on the user, which should take you to their profile.
- Click “Add as a Friend.”
Note: If the user does not have the option to let you add them as friends, you can drop them a message letting them know who you are.
Suggest Facebook Friends on Desktop PC or Laptop
Now that you know how to search for friends on Facebook by location and “People You May Know,” let’s find out how to connect two different friends.
- Step 1: Log into your Facebook account through a web browser.
- Step 2: Search your Facebook Friends List for the user or business page you want to suggest and open their profile.
- Step 3: Highlight the URL from the address bar of the browser and copy it.
- Step 4: Find your friend through your Friends list to whom you want to make the suggestion.
- Step 5: Paste the copied URL in a message and send it across.
This will allow both of your friends to connect without the hassle of searching specifically for each other.
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Suggest Friends On Facebook App
Facebook friend suggestion on the app is a little different from the method used for desktop. To do so:
- Step 1: Open your Facebook app and log in to your account.
- Step 2: Search for the friend you want to suggest through your Friends List and open their profile.
- Step 3: Expand the light-colored icon next to the “Friends/Following” button, below the Profile and Cover Photo.
- Step 4: Tap on the “Copy Profile URL” from the drop-down list.
- Step 5: Find your friend to whom you want to make the suggestion to through the messenger app.
- Step 6: Paste the copied URL in the chat head, and tap send.
FAQs
Does the Friend Who Was Suggested Know They Were Suggested?
When you suggest a friend on Facebook via copying the profile URL, the user will not be notified of the action.
In the older “Suggest Friends” feature, both your friends would be notified regarding the suggestion. But since that service is discontinued, the suggested user will not be notified of any such action.
What is “Facebook Suggested Friends”?
Facebook suggests friends to you that match your interests or have something in common with you through the “People You May Know” feature. But if you’re wondering how Facebook suggests friends, rest assured that it’s nothing fishy.
Moreover, Facebook has numerous algorithms that link you to other users that you may know in real life. It does so by narrowing down your Job, Education, Relationship Status, Groups, and Mutual Friends.
How Do “People You May Know” Work?
In an unintended reveal, Facebook said it uses its location service to suggest friends to you. Although the statement was immediately revoked after a backlash of security and privacy concerns, Facebook assures that there are many other details it uses to suggest friends.
These may include people from an event you attended recently, who you went to school with, your coworkers, and even friends of friends.
Does “Facebook Suggest Friends” Show People Have Searched for You?
The searches you run on Facebook are kept strictly private. So though there is the heated rumor around that the users appearing on your “People You May Know” are stalkers, there is little evidence to back it up.
In any case, you won’t be notified for a user searching or even landing on your profile. And neither will they appear on your suggested friends’ list. Because Facebook only suggests people that you may have interacted with through groups or share common interests.
Why Would Facebook Suggest Someone with no Mutual Friends?
The top-priority suggestions on Facebook are always the users you have Mutual Friends with. But if you see a user profile appearing on your feed without any mutual friends, you don’t need to panic.
It only means you either worked, studied, or went to an event together with this person. Though the exact specification about how Facebook suggests friends are not openly known, it is always based on an algorithmic match.
