the 9 that are ordered on a friend’s screen are people who are not on their friends list but share a lot of mutual friends, kind of like a friend suggestion. Posted about 5 years ago by Úlfhildur I really want to be able to control it too, cant stand seeing certain people who i dont interact with! there are reasons for not interacting.
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