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What annoys me to no end is that I was Whatsapping with a local restaurant for food delivery during the lockdown and two days later, the owner pops up in my Fac
by neals 6y ago
What annoys me to no end is that I was Whatsapping with a local restaurant for food delivery during the lockdown and two days later, the owner pops up in my Facebook "suggested friends" list.
- nashashmi 6y agoCould be that the person you contacted has their information totally open to FB
- 2sk21 6y agoThis sounds right. WhatsApp and Facebook both have access to contacts so information flows between them through this channel
- jtsiskin 6y agoI think the most likely explanation for this is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
- neals 6y agoOr is it your confirmation bias where you expect people to distrust Facebook for the wrong reasons so that you can post that link? Because funnily enough, I didn't place blame in my comment. I just pointed out my 'annoyance'. You, on the other hand, concluded something from that. Ironically.
- jtsiskin 6y agoWhat other reason for ‘annoyance’ could you have, other than assuming that the WhatsApp messages lead to the suggested friend, and thus you were annoyed that the data was (supposedly) shared? If you just also just thought it was a coincidence, what would you be annoyed about?