How does Facebook decide what friends show up on your sidebar?

[Madgoose225]

You know...when you are on Facebook and you are going to different pages and you go back to your profile page and the sidebar that shows your friends always has the same friends show up. If you know what I mean...

[Anna James]

They are based on random people with whom you have been interacting the most with....

[Kris Flores]

i think it's random. but with changes seeming to occur, it may be slightly personalized, such as if you've recently visited specific people more often.

[cool guy]

I am pretty sure that they are people who are online now

[Rom Cartridge]

According to Facebook:

“Friends who you publicly interact with the most appear first on your profile. Examples of public interactions include Wall posts, comments and mutually attended events — Facebook will never show friends based on whose profiles you choose to view or who you interact with over messages and chat.”