The disclosure includes a system and method for providing an association recommendation to a user. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to: receive a request to disassociate with a first topic from a first user; identify one or more labels and one or more refined topics associated with the first topic; determine a second user that shares one or more second topics in common with the first user; retrieve social graph data describing a social graph associated with the second user; and determine, based on the social graph data associated with the second user, an association recommendation relevant to the first user from the one or more labels and the one or more refined topics.