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Interesting list. Looks pretty clear to me that it is sorted by "most interactions with" descending for some value of "interaction" and probably on some recent

by owenfi 14y ago

Interesting list. Looks pretty clear to me that it is sorted by "most interactions with" descending for some value of "interaction" and probably on some recent time window. (I know I send lots of messages to my podcast cohost and brother via facebook and they are my first two respectively.) Facebook frequently recommends I add Adam (cohost) as a "Close Friend" (which is internal, not some app) whereas my brother already is, so that feature seems to be derived off this list.

derpenxyne 14y ago
Facebook uses an algorithm called Edgerank, to rank your friends by how much you interact with them, in order to give you better search results and filter your News Feed. The code appears to reveal one part of Facebook's EdgeRank. It seems like they order it based on who you interact with, whose profile you look at and who you have recently become friends with.
- katantonio 14y ago
  I dont think this is based on interactions. My top person is my boyfriend, and he rarely comments/likes on my profile, but he does check it everyday. www.katantonio.com
  - ricardo_a 14y ago
    but do you chat a lot on the facebook with him?
    - goldstar32 14y ago
      going to reply to this thread bc i had the same result. boyfriend with whom i never interact on fb, and he's first on the list - i keep my chat disabled. my second is my best friend whose profile i never visit, incidentally - we do interact. the third was a man who i briefly flirted with but he was (and still is) taken- we also never interact. i'm inclined to believe that the numbers are in fact friends who check my profile, in order of frequency. the algorithm must also update this information every so often. FWIW, i wish this information weren't out there. we say we want it...
      - thisismyname34 14y ago
        Are you in a relationship with him on FB? It seems almost unanimous that people who report their significant other have them at #1, regardless of the level of interaction with them. I'm guessing that relationships and family members listed on Facebook are always at the top. Which makes sense intuitively if the endgame is predicting who FB thinks you will want to chat with.
    - MeowWoem 14y ago
      I don't chat with my top ten as much as I do with my 10-20, even from the beginning of facebook. So that can't be it..
  - failharder 14y ago
    It appears to be most recent - I have been tracking this everyday since I found it on imgur... Here is what I know: - The list is not based on chatting, comments, likes, or any recent interaction based on your action - The list correlates to people who logically clicked through based on my status updates, but did not take any action on my status updates or comments - The list is not based on other users actions with my activity - the people on my list did not "like" or "comment" on any recent activity in the past 4 days since I discovered this - The list is not correlated to the 8 friends pictures that appear in your friends list on your profile page - based on 5 hard refreshes on each of the last 4 days It appears to be a simple ordered list based on users who viewed your actual profile... That's all I got for right now... will keep ya'll in the loopers!

by owenfi 14y ago

derpenxyne 14y ago

Facebook uses an algorithm called Edgerank, to rank your friends by how much you interact with them, in order to give you better search results and filter your News Feed. The code appears to reveal one part of Facebook's EdgeRank. It seems like they order it based on who you interact with, whose profile you look at and who you have recently become friends with.

katantonio 14y ago
I dont think this is based on interactions. My top person is my boyfriend, and he rarely comments/likes on my profile, but he does check it everyday. www.katantonio.com
- ricardo_a 14y ago
  but do you chat a lot on the facebook with him?
  - goldstar32 14y ago
    going to reply to this thread bc i had the same result. boyfriend with whom i never interact on fb, and he's first on the list - i keep my chat disabled. my second is my best friend whose profile i never visit, incidentally - we do interact. the third was a man who i briefly flirted with but he was (and still is) taken- we also never interact. i'm inclined to believe that the numbers are in fact friends who check my profile, in order of frequency. the algorithm must also update this information every so often. FWIW, i wish this information weren't out there. we say we want it...
    - thisismyname34 14y ago
      Are you in a relationship with him on FB? It seems almost unanimous that people who report their significant other have them at #1, regardless of the level of interaction with them. I'm guessing that relationships and family members listed on Facebook are always at the top. Which makes sense intuitively if the endgame is predicting who FB thinks you will want to chat with.
  - MeowWoem 14y ago
    I don't chat with my top ten as much as I do with my 10-20, even from the beginning of facebook. So that can't be it..
- failharder 14y ago
  It appears to be most recent - I have been tracking this everyday since I found it on imgur... Here is what I know: - The list is not based on chatting, comments, likes, or any recent interaction based on your action - The list correlates to people who logically clicked through based on my status updates, but did not take any action on my status updates or comments - The list is not based on other users actions with my activity - the people on my list did not "like" or "comment" on any recent activity in the past 4 days since I discovered this - The list is not correlated to the 8 friends pictures that appear in your friends list on your profile page - based on 5 hard refreshes on each of the last 4 days It appears to be a simple ordered list based on users who viewed your actual profile... That's all I got for right now... will keep ya'll in the loopers!