diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 66f39cd3ab..bf4b3e6cd5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "lodash.chunk": "^4.2.0",
     "lodash.isequal": "^4.5.0",
     "lodash.omit": "^4.5.0",
+    "lodash.shuffle": "^4.2.0",
     "lru_map": "^0.4.1",
     "mobx": "^6.6.1",
     "mobx-react-lite": "^3.4.0",
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@
     "@types/lodash.chunk": "^4.2.7",
     "@types/lodash.isequal": "^4.5.6",
     "@types/lodash.omit": "^4.5.7",
+    "@types/lodash.shuffle": "^4.2.7",
     "@types/react-native": "^0.67.3",
     "@types/react-test-renderer": "^17.0.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.48.2",
diff --git a/src/state/models/suggested-actors-view.ts b/src/state/models/suggested-actors-view.ts
index 7fbe25b514..421fb5a187 100644
--- a/src/state/models/suggested-actors-view.ts
+++ b/src/state/models/suggested-actors-view.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {makeAutoObservable, runInAction} from 'mobx'
 import {AppBskyActorProfile as Profile} from '@atproto/api'
+import shuffle from 'lodash.shuffle'
 import {RootStoreModel} from './root-store'
 import {cleanError} from '../../lib/strings'
 import {bundleAsync} from '../../lib/async/bundle'
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ export class SuggestedActorsViewModel {
     if (this.hardCodedSuggestions) {
       return
     }
+    await this.rootStore.me.follows.fetchIfNeeded()
     try {
       // clone the array so we can mutate it
       const actors = [
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ export class SuggestedActorsViewModel {
       } while (actors.length)
 
       runInAction(() => {
-        this.hardCodedSuggestions = profiles.filter(profile => {
+        profiles = profiles.filter(profile => {
           if (this.rootStore.me.follows.isFollowing(profile.did)) {
             return false
           }
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ export class SuggestedActorsViewModel {
           }
           return true
         })
+        this.hardCodedSuggestions = shuffle(profiles)
       })
     } catch (e) {
       this.rootStore.log.error(
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bb30349f38..19cbbc0d0e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2838,6 +2838,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/lodash" "*"
 
+"@types/lodash.shuffle@^4.2.7":
+  version "4.2.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash.shuffle/-/lodash.shuffle-4.2.7.tgz#b714d829af948a266b0df1477d629c70de2f4c72"
+  integrity sha512-b+K0NBpB4WcNoQTfifuTmi5nm5mJXRw9DBdbFfBr1q1+EVoTKkClDxq/7r1sq2GZcRelMFRsFcGGHrHQgxRySg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/lodash" "*"
+
 "@types/lodash@*":
   version "4.14.191"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.191.tgz#09511e7f7cba275acd8b419ddac8da9a6a79e2fa"
@@ -8990,6 +8997,11 @@ lodash.once@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.once/-/lodash.once-4.1.1.tgz#0dd3971213c7c56df880977d504c88fb471a97ac"
   integrity sha512-Sb487aTOCr9drQVL8pIxOzVhafOjZN9UU54hiN8PU3uAiSV7lx1yYNpbNmex2PK6dSJoNTSJUUswT651yww3Mg==
 
+lodash.shuffle@^4.2.0:
+  version "4.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.shuffle/-/lodash.shuffle-4.2.0.tgz#145b5053cf875f6f5c2a33f48b6e9948c6ec7b4b"
+  integrity sha512-V/rTAABKLFjoecTZjKSv+A1ZomG8hZg8hlgeG6wwQVD9AGv+10zqqSf6mFq2tVA703Zd5R0YhSuSlXA+E/Ei+Q==
+
 lodash.sortby@^4.7.0:
   version "4.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.sortby/-/lodash.sortby-4.7.0.tgz#edd14c824e2cc9c1e0b0a1b42bb5210516a42438"