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How does facebook do this

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  • 10-02-2012 5:36pm
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    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭


    Facebook has suggest I add someone I used to work with. We have no mutual friends and lives miles away from me. He's not in my email address book or anything like that. How the hell does it know these things!? :confused:


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    #2
    Storminateacup
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,424 ✭✭✭Storminateacup


    You guys probably have logged on at the same location, and facebook thinks your sisters


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    Anyone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Anyone


    Facebook knows all.


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    #4
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Have you ever listed where you work in your profile?


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    saintsaltynuts
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭saintsaltynuts


    Fluke is my guess?


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    scotty_irish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 427 ✭✭scotty_irish


    you're in his address book?


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    #7
    Storminateacup
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,424 ✭✭✭Storminateacup


    Facebuke! It be sitting in a tree outside your house, WATCHING


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    lastlaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭lastlaugh


    Sometimes it can tell if you really liked someone.


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    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    smash wrote: »
    Have you ever listed where you work in your profile?
    Nope
    scotty_irish wrote: »
    you're in his address book?
    He has my phone number. It's done it with a few people now.
    I was thinking that it was because he typed my name in or something..creeping on me.
    It's happened with a few people now.


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    SheFiend
    Registered Users Posts: 362 ✭✭SheFiend


    You probably both named your old place of work on your info page.


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    #11
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    Facebook is for idiots.

    Well done, you're now on the FBI Criminal Database open social networks


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    Prettyfireworks
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭Prettyfireworks


    If facebook have your number they can suggest contacts who are also members on facebook that you are not yet friends with, its kinda creepy.


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    #13
    Gmol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭Gmol


    Oh god it's in the house with you........... get out GET OUT


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    #14
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users Posts: 10,251 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    You probably kissed once at the Christmas party. Yano, remember him? Yer man with the BO


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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.


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    joshrogan
    Registered Users Posts: 855 ✭✭✭joshrogan


    Facebook knows all, now that you've questioned it expect a visit to your house in the middle of the night, goodbye my dear friend.


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    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    stovelid wrote: »
    Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

    Oh crap !! :p


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    #18
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Bye :(


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    #19
    patwicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭patwicklow


    FB = BB next it will know last time you farted and announce it to the world.


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    BBDBB
    Registered Users Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    stovelid wrote: »
    Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.



    Good, cos trying to remember every single one of them myself is a nightmare


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    iguana
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,909 Mod ✭✭✭✭iguana


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    Facebook has suggest I add someone I used to work with. We have no mutual friends and lives miles away from me. He's not in my email address book or anything like that. How the hell does it know these things!? :confused:

    One of your facebook friends probably has both of your email addresses in his/her address book.


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    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    stovelid wrote: »
    Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

    Ah fúck!


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    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    Facebook has suggest I add someone I used to work with. We have no mutual friends and lives miles away from me. He's not in my email address book or anything like that. How the hell does it know these things!? :confused:

    It knows you were looking at him.

    It knows what you won't admit.


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    token101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,050 ✭✭✭token101


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    Facebook has suggest I add someone I used to work with. We have no mutual friends and lives miles away from me. He's not in my email address book or anything like that. How the hell does it know these things!? :confused:

    Probably some bored facebook exec playing gay matchmaker. Obviously your pictures gave the game away. You better add him quick, otherwise it might get 'totes awks'.


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    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,373 ✭✭✭im invisible


    stovelid wrote: »
    Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.
    does bebo? Thats all im worried about...


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    #26
    Darsad
    Registered Users Posts: 679 ✭✭✭Darsad


    This has happened to me at least three times in the last month Facebook has suggested somebody I know but I can see no link with any of my FB friends weird .


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    #27
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    stovelid wrote: »
    Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

    :eek: busted


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