Facebook Launches New Friend Browser

In an effort to help people discover more of their friends, Facebook has updated their find friends browser. The tool, which allows people to find existing friends, has gone through a number of changes in the past few months.

This latest version is clean and is extremely effective at browsing through friends based on various Facebook profile details, including the schools you attended, your hometown, and more. The new tool is currently accessible here. While Facebook previously suggested friends, the model has evolved to enable users to more efficiently discover friends that they already know.

By default the browser shows those individuals who you are most likely to know, most often ranked by mutual friends as well as other factors that aren’t clear. The most significant aspect of this new page is how fast it loads. You simply load it up and can just scroll through indefinitely, browsing through people who you are most likely to know. It’s a pretty slick tool and it’s one that I’m sure many users will find to be useful.

Thanks to Eti Suruzon and Adam Carson for letting us know!

Find Facebook Friends Screenshot

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24 Comments »

  1. I cant access that page
    "The page you requested was not found"

    Comment by Abi ?? — November 26, 2010 @ 3:46 pm

  2. The page you requested was not found.

    Comment by David — November 26, 2010 @ 4:10 pm

  3. damn this is actually really cool, best thing facebook have come out with in a long time!

    Comment by rastafari dread — November 26, 2010 @ 4:27 pm

  4. I have not seen it yet but when I do well, I would like to try too, I see that it more easily now to find your friend on FB.

    Comment by Brad Pitt — November 26, 2010 @ 4:51 pm

  5. For some reason the link gives me a "The page you requested was not found"
    However, from the pic you've posted here it does seem much cleaner!
    Its amazing how the facebook developers take care of every section of the site, no matter how small it is!

    Comment by Amr Boghdady — November 26, 2010 @ 4:54 pm

  6. Nice feature, but the only bad thing is, that the new FriendBrowser discover friends of friends, also if they have blocked to show her friendslist -> privacy fail

    Comment by Thomas Hutter — November 26, 2010 @ 5:42 pm

  7. I worked for me. It was real cool, lots of new people to friend.

    Comment by Ann Mullen — November 26, 2010 @ 8:02 pm

  8. we are protest in facebook abouth abuse children!!!!change your profile picture on your favorite animation picture by november 26 to 30 in a chain to stop abuser children!!! on a chain to stop the abuse and invited your friend!!!

    Comment by glo — November 26, 2010 @ 10:25 pm

  9. You can now discover friends of your friends also if your friend has a hidden friendlist -> privacy fail!

    Comment by Thomas Hutter — November 27, 2010 @ 2:05 am

  10. As of now, it's working. Admittedly this is interesting…

    Comment by @GazToz — November 27, 2010 @ 7:01 am

  11. It's not a fail link. It works fine on my wife's account but doesn't on mine. I tested it in multiple browsers to be sure. It's only working for some accounts.

    Comment by @commotech — November 27, 2010 @ 9:03 am

  12. Why did FB remove find HS and College friends by graduating year? Anyone know?

    Comment by CJ Flaum — November 27, 2010 @ 9:53 am

  13. Works for me.

    Comment by @LiveNHLchat — November 27, 2010 @ 1:54 pm

  14. Why I can't see this application? Sometimes Facebook has problem with their system. My friend used to comment as long as I posted something but I can't receive it immediately as she commented. I hope that Facebook can do something about this. Maybe this application has a problem that's why it can't be seen by others.

    Comment by Ben Stiller — November 27, 2010 @ 2:08 pm

  15. This is quite an important and essential update.

    Comment by Cherry Rahtu — November 28, 2010 @ 10:40 pm

  16. To those of you who can't see this new browser, have you previously been blocked from adding friends because you added too many?

    I have two Facebook accounts. I know this is against the rules, but I need to keep my personal and professional lives separate, so I have one for each.

    My personal account is two years old, I've never been blocked, and I can see this new friend find feature.

    My professional account, however, is only a few months old, was blocked recently for adding too many friends too fast. I am unblocked again now, but I can't see this new friend feature.

    Comment by Facebook User — November 29, 2010 @ 5:35 am

  17. After using it I found that you can't delete someone from the suggestions list…there are some people I'd prefer to NEVER see. I used to like being able to delete them from suggestions and never have to see their faces again.

    Comment by APajax — November 29, 2010 @ 1:33 pm

  18. Its a good update to the system- however- by now, everyone already has found their friends of FB…

    Comment by Bert — December 1, 2010 @ 7:35 am

  19. wat have not seen yet

    Comment by debora — January 8, 2011 @ 2:13 pm

  20. I have not find any friend

    Comment by debora — January 8, 2011 @ 2:18 pm

  21. gd for finding friend :D

    Comment by a7mad — February 22, 2011 @ 9:03 am

  22. I nee fanpage solution how can invite my fage to friends, welcome my site http://www.freepurchasestructuredsettlements.com & http://www.makemakingmoney.com

    Comment by Redoy — May 8, 2011 @ 4:43 am

  23. Yes it is good and found friends related my area

    Comment by redoy — May 8, 2011 @ 12:32 pm

  24. i cant see my page or any information from my facebook now.

    Comment by anthonette manalo — July 3, 2011 @ 3:27 pm

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