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How do the 6 friends photos at the top of Facebook Timeline get choosen?

Why do certain friends seem to show up as one of the the six photos in the small friends list photo box at the top of Facebook Timeline? Are these the 6 friends people who have visited your profile recently or have been online recently? What is the reason for only seeing certain friends pictures in this friends box?


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I guess your stalking affects your list only. When I started dating my ex I went to the top of her list, when we broke up I'm like somewhere in the middle and the guy she is with is close to the top.

Regarding the six box: I don't know if it has anything to do with someone stalking you. To me seems it not as when two of my friends popped there ( I wasn't checking their profiles at all) I called them just to check, and they said no. I'm positive they told the truth. So I guess there is really no way to see If someone stalks you.
Feb 20th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
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"I guess your stalking affects your list only. When I started dating my ex I went to the top of her list, when we broke up I'm like somewhere in the middle and the guy she is with is close to the top. "

Yes that's what I was thinking. I wonder why am I higher now. He's still in the same place on my own list, in the middle. It makes sense because I don't look at his profile anymore. Strange.

The 6 box: There was a time, It had to do with some level of stalking but not anymore. It's more about people one line or active one fb. Nothing more I think. –  BlackSky  Feb 20th, 2013 at 10:34 AM
the last box of my 8 box is now stuck on someone who i recently viewed a few times but definitely not the person i've viewed the most overall. interesting. –  tiff  Feb 22nd, 2013 at 2:22 AM
When you're stuck in the bottom right corner of a friend, is it because he's looking at you or the contrary? Especially when you don't interact whit his profile since a long time. I still can't figure out. –  BlackSky  Feb 24th, 2013 at 8:14 AM
@Black Sky I am asking myself the same. Do you see yourself stuck in that corner? Do you see a mutual friend? –  julie  Feb 24th, 2013 at 11:23 PM
@Julie I see a mutual friend. But I know it'me in that corner. When the picture doesn't move, it's you in that corner. I saw that with my sister account and frienfs of mine. The other day, not a long time ago, I was in the 7 spot of his public box... –  BlackSky  Feb 25th, 2013 at 7:50 AM
@BlackSky The person on whose profil you're stuck, do you stalk him? Or the other way around? I noticed that I probably stuck in someones 8 spot, but I only see our mutual friend. I looked at his profil cause I just ran into him on the street the other day, but he pretended being deep in a conversation and ignored me. I haven't commented on his pictures, updates or anything for maybe 6 months or more, nor looked at his profil. No likes, nothing.
So why am I in the damn 8 spot? –  julie  Feb 25th, 2013 at 4:23 PM
For me stalking is one interaction. So If you see somebody stuck in your 8 box with whom you have no interaction at all, or a very long time ago, it could possibly mean they are stalking you. Or at least, they look at you very often. It's not logical that someone you don't care about stay there for days. I don't believe it.
And I even think now, that if you are in a friend box (bottom corer), and you don' t look at since some time, that friend is still stalking you, or still looking at your stuff . –  BlackSky  Feb 25th, 2013 at 5:00 PM
I mean viewing is one interaction... –  BlackSky  Feb 25th, 2013 at 5:03 PM
@ Julie. I don't stalk him since october. That's what I was saying, you are in that friend box without any kind of interactions since a long time. It doesn't make sence. You said " he pretended", so you have the feeling that he saw you the other day. In my opinion he's still looling at you. But I'm maybe wrong. It's fb you know.... –  BlackSky  Feb 25th, 2013 at 5:34 PM
Another weird thing just happened. I just joined an event and 3 friends on the side appeared "invite your friends". He is on the top. But as I mentioned before, I've viewed his profile just once.
The other suggested friends are 2 guys I know for sure have a thing for me. Asking me out every weekend and stuff. One is super polite asking me every time I went to an event how it was, if I returned home safely and stuff like that. The other one just seems to know everything I did online (pics, likes, friends)...Creepy, I know. SO it might be the fact that you indeed drag that person to the 8 spot...

For a matter of fact all 3 guys show nearly constantly in my top 6. But I never view their stuff.
The rude one on the street is in the middle of my overall friend list, basically no public interaction. While the other 2 are near the top. They comment pretty much on everything. –  julie  Feb 25th, 2013 at 5:37 PM
@ Black Sky, stalking fits more to the picture, cause of his other actions. But as you noted before, its fb and we never know if its just stored data from god knows when. –  julie  Feb 25th, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Julie, are you in those 2 other guys boxes? The 8 boxes I mean. –  BlackSky  Feb 25th, 2013 at 6:47 PM
Just checked a couple of refreshes. I am also stuck in the 8box of one other guy.
I am just viewing from my own account cause of the privacy settings. –  julie  Feb 25th, 2013 at 7:12 PM
OK, so I have to ask you again, witch friend is it the polite one or the creepy one? –  BlackSky  Feb 25th, 2013 at 7:51 PM
The creepy one. –  julie  Feb 25th, 2013 at 8:02 PM
So my conclusion, this guy probably stalk you, and the other guy, the rude one too. –  BlackSky  Feb 25th, 2013 at 8:13 PM


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I've also been experimenting & asked some close m8s to help. top 8 are recent connections/engagement but i am totally convinced that 1 of those boxes bottom left 8th person is your stalker. My ex blocked me, he cannot see me & vice versa. He gave his bro his spare mobile. they live together & both only have access to mobiles no laptop or computers in the house. My ex's bro's profile pic appears on my page when my ex returns home from work roughly 4.30 pm each day. I do not look at his bro's profile as i had my suspicions about this but log in using a dummy profile to view his to get access to my ex's via his friends of friends list. Also if you view your own profile by logging in using dummy account visitors to your profile see completely random friends of friends as mentioned above. Also just to add it was my bday & ex's bro was on my top 8 for about an hour even wen i refreshed. Therefore my guess is my ex is using the phone he gave his bro to stalk my page & spent longer on it than normal reading throo my bday messages. Hope this helps lets have fun experimenting!!! :)
Feb 24th, 2013 at 11:40 PM
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I am not really sure about the 8 box. I chcecked it twice, two of my friends started showing there and UI called them to check if they visited my profile. they didn't. I'm positive that they are telling the truth.

One thing that bothers me is my ex showing in 8 box as well as 6 box firends. –  tadesu  Feb 25th, 2013 at 11:51 AM


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Maybe it truly is random within a given number of friends. Like the top 20 or 50 or something.

or to reword it.

It maybe random with about 20 or more of your total friends that cycle through the boxes.
Feb 25th, 2013 at 9:10 PM
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its a cycle of the first 2 blocks of your friendlist."click on friends on your timeline"
and if a person is stuck in your box, its the person who is highest ranked in your mutual friends list. if you see someones timeline and they have a someone stuck in their bottom "RIGHT" corner if youre not in the first 2 blocks of their friends list take a closer look. do u see a box that has no name or person in it? it means that person deactivated their account but facebook has not updated to remove them from all of their friends timelines. so when you see a spot thats stuck in their 8 box its actually this deactivated account, not you. –  anonamoose  Feb 26th, 2013 at 8:06 AM
I guess the only way to check who is stalking you is your position on their friends list. People I stalked moved higher on my friends list, and I went down on my ex list since she is not checking my profile. I think that is the only way now. –  tadesu  Feb 26th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
only way to move up in the friends list is to have mutual public interaction. if youre moving down from your ex's list its because she has not liked or commented or chatted with you. if shes not moving down on your list its because uve liked posted or commented quite abit, or recently to her profile. it takes a good few weeks straight of no interaction to move down the list. –  anonamoose  Feb 26th, 2013 at 2:24 PM
sorry its not mutual, its just public interaction. nothing really to do with profile viewing at all. –  anonamoose  Feb 26th, 2013 at 2:25 PM
Not for me sorry I haven't any kind of public interaction wtih that guy since january 2012! And now I'm higher in his friends list. He's still in the middle of mine. –  BlackSky  Feb 26th, 2013 at 3:02 PM
@anonamoose - hmm maybe but there are people high on my list that I never clicked "like" or commented on anything they've uploaded. Try stalking someone you know that is not checking your profile and see what happens –  tadesu  Feb 26th, 2013 at 9:50 PM
Anything new? –  Ari  Mar 8th, 2013 at 1:24 AM
keesh list is DEFINETLY one sided, my current girlfriend just set up her own account she didn't checked my profile at all (i told her to not to do it for a week) I stalked her profile, but there was no sign on the keesh list. So this option can be thrown away. –  tadesu  Mar 8th, 2013 at 9:30 PM


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I kinda gave up on the subject even though there is still a hint of intrest. I do agree with tadesu about the keeshlist being a non factor. I dont think it works anymore.
Mar 9th, 2013 at 1:29 AM
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well we could do some experiment if someone's up to it –  tadesu  Mar 9th, 2013 at 2:58 PM
how? –  julie  Mar 9th, 2013 at 10:42 PM
we could add each other to our friends list and agree that one of the person is stalking another. 3 people would be enough - A stalks B, B stalks C, C stalks A. We could then determine what really goes on. it wouldn't be like stalking with fake accounts, since we have our ussual interactions with our friends on a daily basis –  tadesu  Mar 11th, 2013 at 1:06 PM


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Another thing. Looking at my friends list on my real profile from my fake profile looks very different order wise.
Mar 10th, 2013 at 3:31 AM
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yes you can check how your profile is visible to other people too. –  tadesu  Mar 11th, 2013 at 1:06 PM


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I wrote one awhile ago but heres my new story hope it helps some folks

a guy friend i dont see often,i like him and im almost positive he likes me
Since october he liked ALOT of my status,a pic,commented on a few things and ive sent him 3 messages that we have sent a few answers back and forth.i look at his profile maybe once a week maybe less than that
Ive only liked or commentd on maybe one pic and one status.he hasnt liked anything of mine since late january
Here is my findings:
-shows up on 6 box alot and sometimes will show up in top and bottom right after i post or comment on somthing
-when he shows up in 8 box half the time he will show in 5th and 7th spot and 8th spot (along with other profilesbi look at in 8th)
-when you click on my friends hes usually up in
10-15 friends when you click on his im usually up in 5
-in find friends under mutual friends it cycles thru my family,2 close friends who we interact alot and him
-when i invited him to event on facebook under going he was first
-when you pull the line down on the chat list it starts taking people away and when its as small as it goes its just him,my mom and a close friend
-the inital chat friend list his facebook is 4th or 5th after mom and close friends



lol i sound crazy after typing that but ive been watching this for awhile,gunna tell him i like him soon hopefully it works
Mar 12th, 2013 at 7:01 AM
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I also notice that whenever someone is currently online ( chat ) whom you havent spoken to in awhile then they will appear in your 8 box on your computer.
Mar 12th, 2013 at 2:30 PM
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Yeah, and I think people there, are people with public interactions, mutual or one side,even if you liked something just once. It wasn't the case month ago, when you could suppose.... And as you said, if you saw them in the 8 box while you didn't interact since a long time , it's probably because they are online. Not necessarily because they look at your stuff. –  BlackSky  Mar 12th, 2013 at 3:42 PM


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I guess my question is which friends list information do we base all of our conclusions off of? What we see when we are logged on into our profile viewing our own friends list or boxes or what others see when they view our profile friends list or boxes?
Mar 13th, 2013 at 6:47 PM
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Hmmm I have one question to you - looking at someone's friends list, could you tell who's that person is stalking? –  tadesu  Mar 14th, 2013 at 4:47 PM
There is no way figuring out if someone is stalking you just from the view on your friendlist. The "captured" 8spot was a chance. Maybe. But I guess it's gone. –  Ari  Mar 16th, 2013 at 5:13 PM
I meant looking at other'sperson friend list,not my own -tadesu –  tadesu  Mar 17th, 2013 at 8:04 PM


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This person is in my 6 friend box almost all the time. I never like, message or comment on anything they have on Facebook. I may view their profile once a week but no interaction at all. It seems it's my closer friends, family a couple random people & then her all the time. Strange since I never interact with her. I'm pretty sure she is stalking or viewing my profile a lot. Is that true? We only have 2 mutual friends between us & one is her sister. I never interact with either of them but her picture is there almost always & her sister's picture is there half the time.
Mar 19th, 2013 at 6:00 AM
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My top 6 is now based on people I view. –  Ari  Mar 19th, 2013 at 8:09 AM
Not mine, some of the people on there I've never viewed b4. Pretty sure I have a couple stalkers. –  Davie  Mar 19th, 2013 at 12:28 PM
6 box works strangely, I am sure that there are people who I stalked - i choose two people who I have no communication with and started stalking them. Now they show there from time to time. Also there are people who I am sure stalked me. we have no interactions from october. –  tadesu  Mar 19th, 2013 at 4:03 PM


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@tadesu What kind of interaction?
If there is the slightest chance the girl I like is stalking me back...I need to know.
Mar 19th, 2013 at 8:17 PM
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C'moon, if you are looking at her profile once a week it is quite obvious she is showing up there:) The new keesh list makes it quite impossible to find out anything really... –  fbpro  Mar 19th, 2013 at 9:05 PM


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I second that Ari, Im having the same thing happen but I'm not stalking her at all & never like, comment, message her at all but her pic is always there! Some computer wiz can surely tell us. C'mon guys let's hear it.
Mar 19th, 2013 at 8:45 PM
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By no interaction I mean almost not looking at her profile at all, maybe once over 2-3 months. I even started looking at other peoples profiles just to avoid facebook taking into account that one time. Also no likes/converstions whatsoever –  tadesu  Mar 20th, 2013 at 5:32 PM
It's just a funny thing that her sister whom's profile I never look at pops up 5 out of 10 times. But this girl I'm talking bout stays an almost constant in my 6 pics. I know for a fact she likes me cause she has told me & we've had a lil something going on for awhile, but I told her I was laying back awhile. But her pic is usually on there everyday out of 450 of my friends I think that's crazy! I look at others profiles all the time & most of them never show up. It's gotta be cause she is looking at mine daily. –  Davie  Mar 20th, 2013 at 6:23 PM


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As I already said, I was in the first block of my crush friends list. When I looked his profile with my fake account, the bottom right corner was stuck with a friend of his, someone "X " I don't know. With my own profile, it was a mutual friend of ours. I deactivated my account, and now, when I look at my crush friends list with my fake account, mister X took my place in the friends list ....
Mar 23rd, 2013 at 12:17 PM
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I guess the six box also shows people you don't interact lately andy ou've done it in the past. My friend was stuck there I called him and he said he is not even using fb now –  tadesu  Mar 23rd, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Do you interact a lot with him? –  BlackSky  Mar 23rd, 2013 at 1:10 PM
As far as my page, I've never interacted with the girl I'm talking about not even once. But her pic is always there. –  Davie  Mar 24th, 2013 at 2:08 PM
@BlackSky no, not at all –  tadesu  Mar 24th, 2013 at 9:13 PM


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To add further to the puzzle of the 6 Friends Box at the top of the Facebook Timeline...I dated a guy for a couple of months and broke up with him in middle February. I unfriended him on Facebook.

I friended him again last week. I noticed that IMMEDIATELY he began showing up in my 6 Friends Box. If I hit refresh, at certain times of the day, it will take four cycles of refreshing the page to see him again, and on other occasions, he shows up repeatedly.

When I click on my Friends list, he is always towards the top.

He and I have not interacted AT ALL on Facebook. No likes of each others posts, no posts on each other's walls, no private messages. We have relatively few Facebook friends in common compared to many of my other friends.

I have only viewed his profile intermittently since we became Facebook friends again. Not more than a handful of times,

When we were dating, he showed up with the same frequency in the 6 Friend box. He consistently showed up in the 8 Friend box to the right, but when we had a fight, he disappeared. He reappeared when I posted that I was going out to a certain nightclub.

Since we have had no interactions on Facebook since we became friends again; no posts on each other's walls; no private messages; we have relatvely few friends in common, and I have only viewed his profile a few times, why does he keep showing up in the 6 Friends box? This began immediately after we became friends again.
Mar 24th, 2013 at 6:00 PM
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The cadence of him showing up when I hit refresh varies from every fourth time all the way down to every time. –  KeepItReal  Mar 24th, 2013 at 6:02 PM
I guess I should also add that II have about 1800 Facebook friends. –  KeepItReal  Mar 24th, 2013 at 8:25 PM
That's the exact situation im in too except I've never deleted her. We've been hot & cold but she's almost always in the 6 pics. Now her sister is appearing as well. Only 2 mutual friends between us as well & that's out of over 450 friends I have. Has to be they're viewing my profile, can't think of any other reason. –  Davie  Mar 24th, 2013 at 8:27 PM
You're right, Davie. That's the only plausible explanation why she's appearing in your 6 Friends Box...and she is probably having her sister stalk your profile too.. It completely makes sense. –  KeepItReal  Mar 24th, 2013 at 9:01 PM
Also, Davie, the one guy who's profile I DO look at (NOT the guy I dated) rarely, if ever, shows up in the 6 Friend Box. –  KeepItReal  Mar 24th, 2013 at 9:03 PM
Oops...Strike that...The guy I do look at has been showing up more frequently than I thought. –  KeepItReal  Mar 24th, 2013 at 9:09 PM
It seems we're having the same thing happen. I do like this girl & she knows it & so does her sister. She does me too but she has a boyfriend that stays logged into her account on his phone. Therefore I never interact period w/ her & very very rarely look at her profile. Her sister has told me she likes me too but Its not mutual. I never look or interact w/ her either but they both are in the 6 friend box 7 out of 10 times. But what is strange is that on my mobile app on my phone, they only appear from time to time. But on my desktop profile "the regular Facebook page" they're always on there. Seems strange to me. –  Davie  Mar 24th, 2013 at 10:48 PM
To add to the mystery, the guy I was dating disappeared yesterday evening from the 6 friends box. I went out last night and posted that I was at a nightclub. IMMEDIATELY, he began showing up in the 6 friends box on my mobile timeline. He continued showing on my timeline for several hours consistently whenever I updated, and then disappeared again. Coincidence? –  KeepItReal  Mar 25th, 2013 at 2:02 PM
PS The guy I dated is the jealous type. –  KeepItReal  Mar 25th, 2013 at 2:10 PM


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The updated version of timeline makes it impossible to know (updated yet again just this week). There is no more "six box" and no more rotating 8 box of friends. So, that seems boring. Bummer it had to go away, it was enticing to come back and see certain faces. FB was doing exactly what it was hoping to... attract us to come back and come back and come back... I'm on less since the update. I care less about it suddenly.
Mar 25th, 2013 at 3:23 AM
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Well there's big nine box friends box on the left now. So i think they gave something to think about lol –  tadesu  Mar 25th, 2013 at 8:08 PM


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To answer your question tadesu from a week ago, maybe but Im not sure but now that they have updated it the layout to a central 9 box as we have all recently discovered, I think new discoveries and observations need to be made now lol. I dont think the algorithm has changed too much though but you never know who pops up in the rubix box now.
Mar 26th, 2013 at 1:02 AM
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Well I'm preety sure that in six box some people who showed up there were not stalkers. That's what I am sure. –  tadesu  Mar 26th, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Well I've had one of my newest friends on Facebook stalk me for over 2 weeks & we've had no interaction at all on there. Now 5-10 times I look at my profile, her pic pops up. Anybody that thinks ur stalkers pics on the 6 box doesn't mean anything better think again. It's not just stalkers in there but family, close friends & most interacted friends. But this lil experiment I had her do proves that people's pics u have no interaction w/ & appears most of the time in ur 6 box could be a stalker & probably is! –  Davie  Mar 26th, 2013 at 3:21 PM


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I've noticed that in my list it is the people that I interact with most, like most of their posts, chat to more often etc. However, the guy that I have a huge crush on has started showing up in my list regularly which is weird because I purposely try and avoid his page as much as possible. Does this mean that he is looking at my page?
Mar 28th, 2013 at 5:05 PM
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I'm no expert but I've been trying to figure out the same thing ur talking about. Like I said above, I had somebody stalk me everyday for 2 weeks & we've never interacted on Facebook. She then started showing up just like my crush has been everyday in my 6 box. My crush & I never interact purposely because she has a boyfriend & he'll see it. But yes I'm about 99% positive that in my case, & prob yours, he/she is looking at ur facebook. –  Davie  Mar 28th, 2013 at 5:47 PM
well I started putting some of the people who shown there in the acquaintances list. To no suprise, they disappeared and new people showed up –  tadesu  Mar 28th, 2013 at 11:25 PM


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What I found out is that the people that show up on my page, I've listed as CLOSE FRIENDS. When I delete that status, they go away and someone else comes in! Simple.
Apr 1st, 2013 at 4:19 AM
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I went on my account and put all of my friends in the aquaintance category and noticed that my fake acount popped up in the upper left corner in the new 9 box formation in which I look at my real profile the most from that account and some people stayed in the box even while under the aquaintance category and one person popped up that i havent seen in awhile via facebook.
Apr 2nd, 2013 at 2:18 AM
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do you look at fake profile from your own? iIf not, that would be interesting, maybe finally we got some clue –  tadesu  Apr 6th, 2013 at 9:26 AM


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a girl i never interacted on fb with always shows up in the box. and i know she's into me. pretty sure it includes people who view your page.
Apr 3rd, 2013 at 1:49 PM
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It sure does. None of mine r listed as close friends or aquaintances & I've had someone purposely stalk me like I said above. And her pic started coming up & we have no interaction at all. If it's not ur family, close friends or ur most interacted friend in the 6 box, you've prob got a stalker if u never interact at all w/ them. –  Davie  Apr 4th, 2013 at 1:31 AM
in my 9 box (new version in timeline) are people I used to stalk long ago, and people I have had conversations lately –  tadesu  Apr 6th, 2013 at 9:25 AM


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My husband has 5 woman that keep showing up on his friends photos out of the 6/9 and when you check his list of friends they are the top on the list why??????
Apr 7th, 2013 at 4:13 PM
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When u look at his from ur account, it shows u the friends y'all have in common. But if u r in his account, it shows people he interacts most w/ & family & close friends. They may be stalking him tho & that's outta his control. –  Davie  Apr 7th, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Davie in my 9 box is my exon the second position, there was no messages between us since october. I haven't stalked her since december. Do You think there's a chance she stalks me? –  tadesu  Apr 8th, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Tadesu, I'm no expert but I've been studying this for months. If u haven't looked at hers at all & her pic keeps popping up, it's a good chance she is. Have one of ur friends u never interact w/ stalk u & see if their pic pops up, that's what I did. –  Davie  Apr 8th, 2013 at 3:50 PM
Thanks Davie, I looked at her profile maybe 5 times but at the same time I purposefully stalked like hell 3 other people just to deminish efect on her profile coming up. I guess the only other reason might be that new alghoritm is taking to account all previous conversations, stalking etc. However, all the people in the box are those who I had recent conversation with, and first one is girl I'm dating now. Thanks, there is one experiment we could do on our own:) –  tadesu  Apr 8th, 2013 at 6:11 PM


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What interests me is actually NOT the new 9 box. it is the friend list.

Now, if you can see the other person's friend list, and compare it to your own for a while. You will find out it is very interesting in term of find out stalker.
Apr 9th, 2013 at 7:27 PM
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how can you tell? –  amg13  Apr 9th, 2013 at 7:40 PM
Why do I not have a 9 box? –  Clueless  Apr 11th, 2013 at 8:44 PM
They started rolling out the new Timeline profile in mid-march, which now has a 9 friends box.  FB will continue rolling It out in the coming weeks. See Improvements to Timeline.

Also check out and add your input here: How the 9 friends photos in Facebook Timeline get selected for your friends box? –  Answers  Apr 11th, 2013 at 8:56 PM
What do you mean by comparing? Trying to figure out if someone is stalking me. –  amg13  Apr 13th, 2013 at 6:00 PM


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I have been observing six friends box for last six months. I have noticed that actually not so many changed from the box. This may look unsurprising because I only interact with a limited number of friends on the network. But I have been noticing the guy, who I used to have a huge crush, but never interacted (not even once) , has been popping up constantly. I stopped visiting his page after being obssesed for a month or so when I first became friend with him. That was six months ago, so it means I stopped visiting his page for last 5 months. I just dropped the habit because there was the situation. I do not see any reason he should be stalking my page. So six box is still a mystery to me.
Apr 11th, 2013 at 1:55 PM
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I agree with tearofs about how the friends list itself has changed. Since the 9 box update there are a handful of people that appear at the top 10. I seriously doubt all of them view my page on a regular and some of them make sense because of mutual frequent interactions but there are people who are near the top of that list that werent there in the previous timeline configuration and a good number of them I dont interact with on facebook at all or rarely. Maybe it is a bit more randomized because of the mixed results I get when pressing the refresh button.
Apr 13th, 2013 at 1:39 AM
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This isn't a direct answer to previous comment but I can't make a normal message.

You may have noticed that the way we voew our friends friends list has just recently changed, I used to see most of my friend's closest friends at the top of their list and now all our comun friends are gathered at the top and some of their closest friends are way down.
So we definitely don't see their list in a relevant way anymore.

I don't think there's much to find out with the new 9 box, - I get all my closest friends their with mutual interaction, messages, pics, etc.

But I'd like to get your attention on the recommended pages. When I'm on my home page I often get recomended pages from close friends who I know visit my profile and interact with. Then I get the odd one, with not much interaction.

What are your observation, appart from your mutual intercations, do you ever get someone showing there very often, as in every refresh, whom you hardly ever visit?

For one thing, once I was logged in at 4am, a friend who must have been the only other person logged in - I know he was working till the morning- was showing everywhere in recomended pages, but then again pics had just been posted and he could have went through them.

So what do you think, is it due to people being active? Or people who have recently visit us? –  marie  Apr 28th, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Guys please help me here. Is the way that I see my friends' 9-boxes the same way they view it? And are the people I see in their 9-boxes the people they interact with privately/publicly? During the past few weeks I've been seeing that girl persistently on my boyfriend's 9-box. They never interact publicly, but she used to have a thing for him, so I'm scared. Because all the other people in his 9-box are close friends of him. She just appeared there out of nowhere and is there persistently with no public interaction between the 2. Does this mean that they interact in private? Private messages/chat etc? Any help whatsoever from your guys experience would be much appreciated. –  randomname  Apr 30th, 2013 at 3:02 AM


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i go on facebook on my phone alot,but on my computer the 9 people are family and I person i interact with alot and one person i suspect is stalking me that I dont look at his page hardly at all over interact but have sent a few messages to.

anyways on my phone my profile still shows 6 box.the facebook app has a 6 box as well that one is set with the same 6 people ALL the time...my mom,high interaction friend,family member,brother,family member and suspected stalker who we exchanged message

But on the webpage facebook page on my phone it shuffles thru people about 15 and 20.its usually the same group of people every now and then a face will pop up for a day then dissapers,and its usually someone I will like somthing of theres.my theory is its them looking at ur profile usually after u have interacted with them.Im not quite sure if its mutual views cause my aunt likes my stuff alot and she doesnt show up but I tried looking at her page alot and nothing.ive also been on my page right has someone liked somthing of mine and notcie they show up in the bottom right slot (happend 2 or 3 times).I also think top right and top left slot is who just looked at ur page recently i think cause when the person who shows for a day and dissapers usually hovers between those 2 slots most the time they are in the 6.I think its a group of people u have interacted with that look at ur page alot more than ur other friends

what do u guys think? sorry this is long ive been experimenting with this for awhile
May 1st, 2013 at 9:18 PM
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My 5 cents on this....

When you are looking at your own profile, the collage in the friend's box are 6 of your friends ( if using FB app) or 9 if using the website) you've recently interacted with or people who recently looked at your profile ( goes either way).

When you are looking at someone else's profile eg John, the collage in his friends box are people you have in common ie mutual friends.

My observation though is that, if you are using FB app ( ipad, iphone) the number of mutual friends is not the same as the number of mutual friends if using FB via the website, not sure why.
Jun 10th, 2013 at 12:17 AM
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Facebook friends on my left nine people floating timeline What is the criteria?
Jun 14th, 2013 at 6:09 PM
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I def have a person whom I do not interact with whatsoever who is always in my 6 - I'm convinced I know he is looking up my page in order for him to show there.
Jul 12th, 2013 at 6:34 AM
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I have a crush of whom I check the timeline on a regular basis(2~3 times a day).
She appears on both the 9 boxes and the 6 boxes(viewed with my mobile phone).
When I asked a friend of mine(not a friend of hers-so 'mutual friends' would probably not affect the outcome, and also disconnected the friendship momentarily for similar reasons) to take a look at my crush's timeline, I also appeared on the 9 boxes, though on the right bottom.
So I wonder, when she appears on both of the 6 and 9 boxes, and I also appear on her 9 boxes(hasn't checked her 6 boxes yet), does it suffice to believe that my 'facebook stalking' is mutual? Well hopefully it is.. my concern(?) is if my act of viewing her timeline has the impact both ways, so in fact the appearance of her in my boxes and me in her boxes is a result of my one-sided crush. Any opinion I would gratefully take. Thanks in advance.
Jul 27th, 2013 at 1:05 PM
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When looking at your own profile it's always going to be the same people, well, for me anyway. And those are the people I interact with/stalk/message the most on Facebook. But I did an experiment and put my friends as public. I then went to view my profile from a public point of view and the people that showed up in the box were mostly random. Except one of my friends who I interact with/have a lot to do with kept showing up when I refreshed the page, and the guy I like as well. But the other people were people I never interact with or stalk on Facebook! Conclusion: the people we view on our own FB page are different from the people other people see when they go to your Facebook page.
Aug 13th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
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I view my friends box from my timeline and have same friends all the time. Then I viewed my friends box logging on from my mothers timeline no my friends box will show completely different friends? Why would this be?
Nov 26th, 2013 at 1:26 PM
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The 6 friends that are on your profile are the ones that you interact with each other the most.
for example, if you chat with one of your Facebook friends non stop then that could mean that they
appear on your profile as they are considered your "Facebook Best Bud". This also goes for
-if you look on their profile alot (or vis versa)
-if you like and/or comment on their posts alot
-if you look at their photos constantly
-and sometimes if they are active (online) at the same time you are -------- hope this helped.
Apr 21st, 2014 at 6:58 AM
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I know this thread has gone on for a few yrs but....

My bf I've been dating and book friends with for two years.. he has Always been in my box of 6. I am rarely on his. I haven't been for a long time.

What gives?

I also compared to other FB friends who I'm close with in real life like my sister. She has distant relatives that I'm 100% certain she doesn't interact with or click on their page on facebook whatsoever.

So, what gives? I can't figure it out!
Feb 13th, 2015 at 5:26 AM
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I too, have done several test/scenarios. The conclusion is, if they have visited your page, they'll appear in one of the nine boxes. Example: I visited a page of a complete stranger. Have no connections. The name happened to be something I pulled from a completely diff state/no family/no interactions, ever.
So, I go back and visit the page the next day and SURE ENOUGH, MY picture is on this person's 9 square spot. They never appeared on mine. SO, if you visit a page, your picture is going to pop up and people can tell if you are "creep'n" on them.
Jul 2nd, 2015 at 11:10 PM
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I noticed another woman on my husbands 6 pics of friends on his timeline all the time. And when I go to her page he is the first friend pic to show on her time line out of the 6 pics? What does that mean?
Nov 7th, 2016 at 9:31 AM
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PLEASE READ: Facebook (app) shows the 6 MOST RECENT people that I've become "friends" with. It's not who I have "stalked" or even who I comment or "like" a lot towards.

It's literally the most recent 6 people I've become Facebook friends with.

How do I change this?
Mar 1st, 2020 at 3:35 AM
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I want to know why my photo won't load on my boyfriends 6photos on his page, he wants it on and so do I.
Jul 11th, 2021 at 4:09 PM
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I wanted to ask a question instead of having an answer.
I’ve read the feed but didn’t get an answer to the question I have.
So what I’m wondering is I myself am not friends with my husband on Facebook but I do look at his page on my dummy account and another girl that I am thinking he has communication with but lies about it.
They are however friends on Facebook.
I can’t see his friends list on his page because it is set to private but I can pull her profile up and look at hers and his profile pops up on her six friends list all of the time along with my mother n law.
My question is is this random that he is popping up every time I pull her up and look at her friends or is it that he is on her friends list because they are communicating in chat or whatever.
I am not friends with him or this girl. If you could please better answer this question would be greatly appreciated.
Is it random or is he in her friends list on her profile because they are talking??
Aug 30th, 2021 at 10:23 PM
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