Board Thread:Current Major Glitch Discussion/@comment-99.194.47.32-20161201064510/@comment-29259087-20161201165312

Could it be that those are friends you've sent friend requests to? If you send a friend request to someone, that person will show in the same place as the ones who are sending requests to you; they just won't have accept/reject buttons.

In my experience, it's quite difficult to find good friends using the in-game invite feature. A better way is to use the Friend Code Exchange here on this wiki. And the absolute best way, in my opinion, is to register on the wiki and make friends in the forums here. Everyone's verra, verra nice here. :)