better ordered friends list

Tom, speaking of the 'social aspect' of this site, it would be great if we can choose which friends appear first on our start page. Right now, it shows 14 friends only (seeminlgy randomly who gets listed in which order) and if I click 'view friends page', it shows 18 friends only, and then i have to click VIEW ALL FRIENDS before the full list appears. That needs to be re-worked, or allow it to be customized which friends show up first on the 'top 14' start page, because honestly, the way it stands, I've been denying friends requested and had to trim down my list (which goes against the social aspect of this site) because new 'strangers' that wanted on my list bumped some close friends and family members and they got buried on the hard-to-access full friends page.

You can reorder them by hovering just below the name and dragging them around.