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I once had Facebook suggest a former freelance client as "someone you may know". I found him over an online job board (Elance, I think), did a job, and hadn't h
by a-priori 16y ago
I once had Facebook suggest a former freelance client as "someone you may know". I found him over an online job board (Elance, I think), did a job, and hadn't heard from him in about 6 months. He lives on the other side of the continent and has no common connections.
How the devil did Facebook know I knew him? To this day I'm creeped out by that.
- axod 16y agoI had the same thing. And funnily enough it doesn't make me think "wow facebook is awesome, thanks for suggesting them". It makes me think about closing my account or using a throwaway email address for it at least. I'm assuming the 'other party' imported contacts from their email, and facebook noticed that I have the same email address as one in their address book, and so suggests them to me. I don't like that.
- goatforce5 16y agoYou're in his address book. He let facebook have access to his address book. He skipped sending you a friend request, but facebook is giving you the option to do it in reverse.
- nealb 16y agoto add my own creepy connection story I discovered today that FB will suggest that I add the friends of anybody who invites me to become their friend, whether or not I am connected with any of the other people