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suggested accounts

Suggested accounts are social media accounts that are recommended to a user as profiles they may want to follow.

In plain English

These are profiles presented to a user as possible accounts to follow. They are recommendations, not just any accounts a user can see.

In context

In discoverability settings, this label refers to accounts that are being recommended to the user as profiles they may want to follow.

Situation
Managing profiles, usernames, privacy, audience, discoverability, and account visibility
What it communicates
labels recommended-profile placements in discoverability settings

Meaning limits

The term alone does not say why those accounts were recommended or whether the user will follow them.

Examples

“Although he could view thousands of profiles, he followed only two of the suggested accounts.”

Core meaning

“In discoverability settings, the suggested accounts still did not match her interests.”

In context