Because I realize now that networking is more about making friends first.

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At the top of this page is the Friend search feature, making searching and sorting through your friends more accessible now.

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And as Mark Kirsh, a British lawyer in Moscow, points out, Russians are making a logical calculation when they rely more on friends than on state agencies or courts.

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Likewise, almost two-thirds would be happier making less money and living close to their friends, rather than more money in a city of strangers.

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More than a few of my great journalist friends are making better livings than before, either hired by or contracting their services to vendors who have information to communicate and fewer vehicles for getting reported, especially thoroughly and accurately reported, by the traditional press.

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Agencies and many of the people in this room are making sure the right people are engaging on Facebook and driving more engagement with friends.

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Audiences have also become more accepting of less-than-perfect female leads, making their best friends seem comparatively sane.

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Friends of the Earth said the government should be focusing on making England's current housing stock more energy-efficient.

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Those fans can switch to a more narrow feed of just their friends (or music content or photos) that doesn't include brand pages, potentially making it more difficult for companies to reach their followers.

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