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Automated Friends Finder

Automated Friends Finder - FB
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Manually scrolling through Facebook groups and sending friend requests is a massive drain on your time. The Automated Friends Finder reads the members of groups you belong to, lets you pick the right people, and sends them friend requests at a safe pace. It can even follow up with everyone who accepts. It's on the Platinum plan.

1. Find people in a group​

  1. Click Automated Friends Finder in the sidebar, under Automation.
  2. Click Scan my groups to load the groups you're in, then Pick a group. You can also paste a group link.
  3. Which members: choose the part of the member list to read, for example new members or admins and moderators.
  4. Who to look for:
    • Keywords are matched against everything the group shows about a member: name, city, work and school. Choose Any keyword or All keywords.
    • Add words to leave out if you want.
    • Set Find up to to the number of people you want.
  5. Click Find people. The scan runs in a background tab, so you can keep working. The page fills in as people are found.

If the scan stalls because Facebook stopped loading members, the page tells you and offers to bring the scan window back into view.

2. Review and send​

  1. Look through the results. People who can't be added (already friends, already requested, or not accepting requests) are shown separately, and people already known to you can be hidden.
  2. Tick the people you want and click Send friend requests.
  3. Pace and safety: requests go out with a gap between them and a daily limit, with warm-up and active hours. A slow, steady pace keeps your account in good standing.
  4. After each request: choose a folder to save everyone as a lead (or Don't save as leads), and optionally send them a message after the request.

3. Follow up when they accept​

Turn on Follow up automatically in the campaign's When they accept step. For each person who accepts your request, Messenger Organizer can:

Accepts are checked about every hour. Follow-up applies to people who accept after you switch it on.

Watching your campaigns​

Each campaign card shows requests sent, how many were Accepted and the follow-ups under way. Activity lists every request Friends Finder sent, skipped or couldn't send, and why. Pause, resume or delete a campaign at any time; deleting cancels requests that haven't gone out yet.

Next Steps: Welcome everyone who accepts with Friends Automation, or find more people with Suggested Friends.

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