The Suggest Friends feature has been popular on Facebook for quite some time.

However, the company decided to remove it a few years ago.

As far as I understand, this is because the social data pipe already has a friend suggestion algorithm.

How to suggest friends on Facebook

Vladimir Sereda / Tab-TV

Im sure you know what I mean.

Every one of us constantly gets offers from Facebook to add people we might know as friends.

you’re free to still suggest friends by sharing their Facebook profiles.

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Well, lets figure out how to do that, as well as how to turn off suggestions.

you could do that in a web online window and mobile app.

Lets take a look at both ways.

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when you land completed these steps, you will no longer receive friend suggestions from Facebook.

How does the People You May Know algorithm work?

Apparently, the company doesnt want to flaunt the fact that it tracks its users.

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Nevertheless, you might always prohibit Facebook and other apps from using your location.

Such options you might find in your equipment options.

The main flow of suggestions is based on your contacts as well as the friends of your friends.

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To be honest, I rarely use Facebook.

So I cant say that these notifications irritate me in any way.

And sometimes, such suggestions help me find a buddy I havent talked to for a long time.

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However, its up to you whether to use this feature.

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