How are six friends determined on facebook profile?

[hj55f]

The 'six friends' box that appears on your facebook profile page... it can't be random, as a few friends seem to repeatedelly appear there, despite refreshing the page several times... how do you think those friends are REALLY determined? do you think these are people who frequently check your page out? who you have a lot of friends in common with?? It's really starting to bug me that it's obviously not random!

[Its Barbie]

Maybe you set it that way
click the little pen ontop of the little box and try fixing it

[*<|:-{___3 santa!]

Its random actually.
Unless you make them where they permanently show there.

[Marwan]

Your "friends box" will show the thumbnails of six randomly selected friends until you specify otherwise. To edit these settings, simply navigate to your profile page and then click on the pencil icon in the upper right hand corner of the "Friends" box.

The Edit Box that appears will allow you to specify how many friends are displayed and which friends you always want to show. If you want certain individuals or Friend Lists to show, type their names into the "Always show these friends" field. If you want to ensure that friends from certain networks appear, you can select those networks in the "Include friends from" section.