Extra lives and friends

it depends on what level you have, 
if you also play events you can still have 30 in some cases,
 but this is rarer and is once a day with the same 9 ingots, 
the levels with events differ in each game, and you will see your friends
 if they have reached that level , that's all

 try to talk to @Lady choo 

Go here. https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/376736/what-happened-to-the-extra-moves-when-you-click-on-give-up

I was also wondering about friends on the map no longer showing up. Hopefully this gets resolved.