Utilizing a Social Network Account to Provide Additional Functionality to a Gaming Network Account

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a server-side network application of a first network, a relationship descriptor that characterizes one or more network relationships associated with a first identity of a second network, the first identity of the second network linked to a first identity of the first network;
• identifying, by the server-side network application, based on the relationship descriptor, a second identity of the second network that is linked with a second identity of the first network;
• identifying, by the server-side network application, a third identity of the first network having a relationship with the second identity of the first network;
• and
• providing, by the server-side network application, a relationship suggestion based, at least in part, on the identified third identity of the first network.

A device comprising:

• a memory;
• a network interface;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the network interface, the memory storing instructions for a server-side network application of a first network, the instructions comprising instructions to:
• receive a relationship descriptor that characterizes one or more network relationships associated with a first identity of a second network, the first identity of the second network linked to a first identity of the first network;
• identify, based on the relationship descriptor, a second identity of the first network that is linked with a second identity of the second network;
• identify a third identity of the first network having a relationship with the second identity of the first network;
• and
• provide a relationship suggestion based, at least in part, on the third identity of the first network so identified.