A method for generating connection recommendations for a social network from social contacts is disclosed. The method includes identifying a first user of a content sharing platform, selecting a second user of the content sharing platform based on an affinity score between the first user and the second user, wherein the first user and the second user are not connected on the content sharing platform, contacting the second user to request a list of recommended subscriptions on the content sharing platform for the first user, receiving, from the second user, the list of recommended subscriptions for the first user, and providing, to the first user, at least a portion of the list of recommended subscriptions as suggestions for subscriptions on the content sharing platform for the first user.