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Do NOT uninstall the game because you will lose all boosters and lives since they are only saved to that device. I just opened the game on my phone and logged into Facebook because I never play through Facebook. Exactly one person is on my map and with the old version I used to see them all over the place. So maybe with this new version you won't see them on the map but they are still there able to send you lives, if and when it starts working again. And as you said, they are showing up on your leader board so they are still friending you.
One more thing I forgot to mention to you. Look at the print screen for step 3. There are 3 tabs on top - Active, Expired and Removed. Also come back every now and then to make sure that the games you play are still active. If you ever see numbers showing on the tab for Expired, look to see what games they are. Then go to step 4 and the first thing on top would say something about it being expired and asking you if you want to make it active again.
Do NOT uninstall the game because you will lose all boosters and lives since they are only saved to that device. I just opened the game on my phone and logged into Facebook because I never play through Facebook. Exactly one person is on my map and with the old version I used to see them all over the place. So maybe with this new version you won't see them on the map but they are still there able to send you lives, if and when it starts working again. And as you said, they are showing up on your leader board so they are still friending you.
Violet, if your issue is that you are not getting the lives from your friends then there is nothing wrong with your game! It's a glitch that has already been reported to the studio and we are all waiting for a fix on this. I was asked to write a question here regarding lost lives or not getting any lives and here is the link:
https://care.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/why-cant-i-receive-lives-from-friends-1146687714
Follow that link because when they get a fix on it, @Cez is going to update that page.