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Why when i type a long lost friends name into search on facebook does no list come up?

I thought on facebook you could type in a name on search and it would give you a list of possibles to search through. When i do this i get nothing ?? Surely that is the whole point of the search function. Is my computer at fault or have they changed their rules ?

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The search just keeps spinning and even if i type in random names surely there is a chance that several people have the same name and someone would show ? Thats what happened when i first started using facebook ??

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  • Soar
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It either because he/she does not have a facebook account, changed their name into something wacky (e.g. their last name Bieber or Launter), or they have hidden their account.

  • 1 decade ago

    Only names of people who have a Facebook account would come up. Perhaps your long lost friend is not on Facebook. Amazingly there are many people who believe Facebook and MySpace are for teens only. The truth is that 65% of users are over 21

  • Tasha
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Not everyone has a facebook contrary to popular belief. Make sure you're just typing in first and last name and that it's spelled correctly

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    I had 2 miscarriages in 2007 my husband and that i never instructed absolutely everyone i replaced into pregnant so whilst it did ensue we basically had to handle it ourselves. regrettably i replaced into admitted to medical institution with the 2nd miscarriage as they concept it must be ectopic and my husband had to tell his ***** mom as we mandatory somebody to look after our son. She replaced into crying and asserting nicely she ought to have favourite i replaced into pregnant (i replaced into basically 5 weeks and in simple terms found out myself) my very own mom didnt even comprehend. some days later we went round her residing house and he or she introduced that my husbands cousin replaced into pregnant and he or she had instructed her mom as we communicate away, couldnt care much less approximately my thoughts and the reality id in simple terms lost a toddler. Then some month later we went out for my FIL birthday and because shed had a drink she introduced all of it up approximately how she ought to have favourite and how it made her experience no longer as quickly as did she ask how i replaced into or how I felt. My husband and that i attempted to tell her that none of it replaced into approximately her in spite of the shown fact that it doesnt count what it extremely is she constantly turns it around so its approximately her she must be centre of interest. She is a team smoker and smokes on an analogous time as my son is ingesting or on an analogous time as hes sat on her knee. She supplies him crisps and candies whilst she is familiar with hes going to have his tea at residing house. She is in certainty a terrible guy or woman who I ought to submit with for my husband.

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  • 1 decade ago

    then they probably dont have a facebook account. and dont type in their middle name.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    middle name doesn't count

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