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This is how Facebook knows who your top 9 friends are - and why they keep appearing on your profile

This is how Facebook works out who your top 9 friends are (Photo Courtesy)

Like MySpace before it, Facebook seems very keen to rank your friends in order of who you see on your profile.

The social networks algorithm for displaying your top nine buddies in that grid on the left hand side has been the subject of an interesting piece over on Motherboard .

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