# Another Facebook Oddity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-oddity/549279>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-oddity/549279 "2010-08-05T15:47:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-oddity/549279/1 "2010-08-05T15:47:54Z")

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I’ve noticed, on my profile page, something weird going on in the **Friends** panel to the lower left. Today, it is only showing one of my friends instead of the usual six.

And it’s always the same person…

Anybody know why this is, and what I can do about it? I don’t see any setting that even makes this possible, yet said person might be a little weirded out if she sees this on my profile.

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-oddity/549279/2 "2010-08-05T15:53:02Z")

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Well first of all, the way you see your profile is usually very different than the way others see it. Go into Account\>Privacy Settings\> and look around in there on how your page looks to others, you can even type in a name at the top of that screen to see how a specific person views your account.

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**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-oddity/549279/3 "2010-08-05T16:40:16Z")

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> [@Phlosphr](#):
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> Well first of all, the way you see your profile is usually very different than the way others see it. Go into Account\>Privacy Settings\> and look around in there on how your page looks to others, you can even type in a name at the top of that screen to see how a specific person views your account.

It’s the same deal on **Preview Profile** , no matter whose POV.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-oddity/549279/4 "2010-08-05T17:15:06Z")

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> [@Engywook](#):
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> it is only showing one of my friends instead of the usual six.
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> And it’s always the same person…

Maybe your other five friends, defriended you. 😉

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**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-facebook-oddity/549279/5 "2010-08-05T17:18:35Z")

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> [@Wilbo523](#):
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> Maybe your other five friends, defriended you. 😉

Taken in a 😉 spirit.

But in the 😕 spirit of fighting ignorance, armed with full details of the matter at hand, I am certainly able to rule that out.