Lost Facebook Friend & Lives Gifted by Them

One of my main Facebook friends was not listed on the new feature for linking friends and now I cannot add him back. On top of that I've lost ALL the lives he sent me previously. This new feature is stupid and I don't like it. What am I to do now? Why did the developers think this was good feature to have? What am I to do without all the lives that I received and now lost because of this stupid feature? I'm not happy. I've been playing Candy Crush for over 7yrs now and this is the dumbest feature I've seen yet smh. I'd like my friends and leaderboard back please. My other friend the plays continuously wasn't even listed when the option came up kmt