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by Sektor 4613 days ago
Just a quick note to say that i've found a workaround for this a long time ago - all you need to do is somehow import your facebook 'friends' list into your phone's contact book (i did it on android but i'm sure it's possible on IOS somehow) then when you open the app in the 'find friends' area it's going to suggest any contacts you have that aren't currently your friend on facebook. so anyone listed there has 'unfriended' you since the export. I'm sure it would be trivial for them to close that hole but it's also unlikely because they would want people adding as many real-life friends to their facebook friend list as possible. they have however actively gone after the methods by which you can export the current friend list and import it to the phone (it's in their best interest for this migration to be one-way of course) I think when I did it i used yahoo contacts but that one was 'closed' (sort of, there's still ways)