A system and method for displaying public posts within a social networking service. In one aspect, a method includes determining a plurality of suggested contacts associated with a user of the social networking service, with each suggested contact of the plurality of suggested contacts being associated with a plurality of public posts. For each suggested contact associated with the plurality of public posts, the method includes ranking the plurality of public posts for the suggested contact and selecting one or more public posts from the plurality of public posts for the suggested contact based on the ranking. The method further includes providing for the display of the selected one or more public posts along with a corresponding confirmation interface component allowing acceptance of the suggested contact as a contact of the user. Machine-readable media are also provided.