The feature allows Facebook users to find and "friend" others nearby who also have the website open. It was reportedly available for some users in the Apps section of the main mobile menu and through a browser at . On Monday afternoon, however, Facebook appeared to have disabled the feature.

If two people meet at an event and want to share contact information, using Find Friends Nearby is designed to eliminate the need for them to type in each other's names and weed through a list of possible results, which can be long for those with common names.

News of the feature leaked from the San Francisco event this weekend and was publicized in a on Tech Crunch.

Facebook downplayed the feature when asked for comment. It also would not say if it had been disabled.