After careful study of how Change.org users connect with each other on our platform, it became clear to us that just a small percentage of our users use the "friends" features at all. In a post-Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ world, most people maintain their "friends" lists elsewhere. To that end, we are in the midst of redefining how connections work on Change.org. In the meantime, we recommend connecting to Facebook, or if you are not on Facebook, simply using our email address importer to invite your friends to join you on the campaigns you care about most.