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Why am I seeing people with the same name as my existing 'friends' on Facebook?

little miss sunshine1 · 2018-04-29 09:53:34

Yesterday, I starting seeing suggestions for friends 'People you may know' on Facebook, who have the same name as my existing friends. Except, they are completely different people, with the same name. I have seen it more than once in a one day period. Did this ever happen to anyone else?? :eek:

29-04-2018 9:53am

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little miss sunshine1

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Yesterday, I starting seeing suggestions for friends 'People you may know' on Facebook, who have the same name as my existing friends.

Except, they are completely different people, with the same name. I have seen it more than once in a one day period.

Did this ever happen to anyone else?? :eek:

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#2 02-05-2018 10:36am

miamee

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I've been suggested to follow people of my own name on Twitter before but not to add on Facebook. I reckon some of the time the Facebook algorithm is 'chancing it's arm' by adding names you have in your contacts that may or may not be the same people.

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