Board Thread:Friend Code Exchange/@comment-31643665-20170401185110/@comment-28803530-20170402232106

Mainframebabe wrote: Copygrace1983 wrote: Windows game here.

I am able to connect to the server and gift today, but here's the kicker; the only people in my friends list are the ones who's gifts I hadn't accepted since this whole debacle started. So I now have 23 friends, and I was able to send gifts to all of them.

This is strange, but at the same time, maybe hopeful? I believe that an update back around 3/24 began using our local FL (file on our devices) to temporarily store additional data for any friend whose gift is in your GB. Hence, you can see those friends in your FL. If you accept the gift, I believe that they would then disappear as well. On both my devices (android and windows), I accepted all of my gifts. Now, I have a blank FL (local file contains a single entry, Null), and I only sporadically receive TYs since my last short connection to the the server this past Wednesday.

I believe (and sincerely hope), that Neo is right and that our complete FL is safe and stored on the server until they figure out what and how they are going to resolve the problems. I for one am not going to try to do anything more than wait and see what's next while playing the pics and puzzles the 'old-fashioned' way I used to play before I found friends and this wiki :-)) - El

@Neo, thank you for those calming words of wisdom

@Whyme, Thank you for that interesting Facebook link.

@ JaimeMA, I have a windows player too, which has a connection to a Facebook account so that I can have my own personal avatar. This is the connection that you would make if you chose to connect your windows installed game to your Facebook account. Many of us have set up special Facebook accounts in order to do only this or to interact with fellow players in Facebook messenger without sharing our real life (RL) names and information. There is also a Facebook game with a single installation that all of the Facebook users play and their game will be down tonight from midnight to 1am pdst. This is not the same as your personal game install on your pc. I hope this helps you settle down a bit. It's been very frustrating for everyone :-))  Mainframebabe. . . THANK YOU for the FB explanation!!! I've been playing for over a year and I've never been able to understand this option. . . Until NOW. You're awesome  👍👌👆