What does "?fref=jewel" mean at the url of facebook?

Question

I had several friend requests in facebook from profiles whose links end with "?fref=jewel". All the links had this ending term in the url. Some of the profiles were probably fake. Can anyone tell me what "?fref=jewel" means?

Answer 1

It simply means that the user clicked on a notification in the notification “jewel” (that’s what FB call the thingie in the top navigation bar, where notifications are shown) to get to that address …

It is just a tracking parameter.

Answer 2

Facebook calls these icons "jewels" internally.

I suspect you clicked through to this request from a request you saw in the dropdown there?

source https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-when-a-Facebook-friend-request-has-a-URL-that-includes-fref-jewel

Answer 3

I receive a lot of them, and no request from friends of friends comes with the "jewel" add. 90% of them are from girls offering sexy pictures, from guys offering sex, or african "bankers" informing that a remote cousin had an accident and there's a lot of money to get. And the other 10%, I don't bother verifying.