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Question for Facebook experts.

  • 12-08-2010 10:29pm
    #1
    Benny-c
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 398 ✭✭


    Question for Facebook experts:

    How does Facebook 'suggest' friends. I have had a few suggestions that I found very strange(i.e. no mutual friends/interests etc), people that I am happy to avoid!

    If someone has searched for me-is that a criteria for Facebook to suggest them as friends?


    Thanks in Advance,

    Benny


Comments

  • #2
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    I'm going to take a wild guess and that it's probably if you view the same pages or groups or people or have similar interests or info or perhaps link to the same sites.

    I just googled your question and came up with this http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_friend_suggestions.php


  • #3
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    The friend request section includes suggestions made by other friends. However when you're in the main page so to speak there is suggestions in the right side column that facebook suggest as friends of friends. Pretty sure when you search for friends it also lists people who are friends of friends.

    Anywho it ain't a big deal just ignore those you dont want to be friends with ;)


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