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This script shows you how Facebook ranks all your friends

25 points by sethbannon 13y ago

LukeWalsh 13y ago
I would be interested to see exactly where this script came from. It seems approximately correct just based on the posts I generally see in my newsfeed, but is this just someone's guess as to how Facebook could be doing things?
- sntran 13y ago
  Facebook used to have an algorithm called EdgeRank (http://www.whatisedgerank.com/ http://www.whatisedgerank.com/) that sorts these relationship. Pretty sure they have changed this over time, but it is a start.
  - LukeWalsh 13y ago
    Crazy that there is a whole market for optimizing Facebook's edge rank calculations (http://edgerankchecker.com http://edgerankchecker.com). Could this be the new SEO?
jacobwg 13y ago
I wrote a similar script with a word cloud visualization here: https://jacobwg.com/facebook-friends https://jacobwg.com/facebook-friends It was fun...
StudyAnimal 13y ago
Hmm weird, there are a lot of people fairly high up on the list that are not my friends, some have 1 mutual friend, most are total strangers...
davej 13y ago
Does anybody know if the ranking is bi-directional? Is the rank just calculated on your activity (e.g.: visiting a friends profile) or does it include the activity of your friends (e.g.: when a friend visits your profile)
- gergles 13y ago
  There's no way it's bi-directional, as some of my lowest-ranked (i.e., best) edges are people with whom I am not friends.
  - davej 13y ago
    Maybe the people who you are FB stalking are also FB stalking you!
    - leot 13y ago
      I've suspected for a while that fb tries to play matchmaker by showing to you more often those of your connections that have demonstrated interest in you.
Artemis2 13y ago
Here is the id of this script for Backtick (http://www.backtick.io/ http://www.backtick.io/): 7403858
phwd 13y ago
This is slightly incorrect, it's more how Facebook ranks for searching. Those numbers are for search bar ranking of objects (users,groups,etc) you recently and/or most interact with. You can check yourself by typing the first letter of any of those names and that name is probably the first selection in your Facebook search bar. A better ranking would be to look at communication_rank and observation_rank in FQL (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/technical-guides/fql/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/technical-guides/fql/) SELECT uid2, communication_rank, observation_rank FROM friend WHERE uid1=me() ORDER BY communication_rank
- prezjordan 13y ago
  Are these fields still valid? The reference for the friend table[0] doesn't listen anything but uid1 and uid2. [0]:https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql/friend https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql/friend
  - phwd 13y ago
    These are hidden fields available only through whitelisted applications like Facebook for iOS. http://i.imgur.com/4FdUJ1u.png http://i.imgur.com/4FdUJ1u.png

25 points by sethbannon 13y ago

I would be interested to see exactly where this script came from. It seems approximately correct just based on the posts I generally see in my newsfeed, but is this just someone's guess as to how Facebook could be doing things?

sntran 13y ago
Facebook used to have an algorithm called EdgeRank (http://www.whatisedgerank.com/ http://www.whatisedgerank.com/) that sorts these relationship. Pretty sure they have changed this over time, but it is a start.
- LukeWalsh 13y ago
  Crazy that there is a whole market for optimizing Facebook's edge rank calculations (http://edgerankchecker.com http://edgerankchecker.com). Could this be the new SEO?

jacobwg 13y ago

I wrote a similar script with a word cloud visualization here: https://jacobwg.com/facebook-friends https://jacobwg.com/facebook-friends It was fun...

StudyAnimal 13y ago

Hmm weird, there are a lot of people fairly high up on the list that are not my friends, some have 1 mutual friend, most are total strangers...

davej 13y ago

Does anybody know if the ranking is bi-directional? Is the rank just calculated on your activity (e.g.: visiting a friends profile) or does it include the activity of your friends (e.g.: when a friend visits your profile)

gergles 13y ago
There's no way it's bi-directional, as some of my lowest-ranked (i.e., best) edges are people with whom I am not friends.
- davej 13y ago
  Maybe the people who you are FB stalking are also FB stalking you!
  - leot 13y ago
    I've suspected for a while that fb tries to play matchmaker by showing to you more often those of your connections that have demonstrated interest in you.

Artemis2 13y ago

Here is the id of this script for Backtick (http://www.backtick.io/ http://www.backtick.io/): 7403858

phwd 13y ago

This is slightly incorrect, it's more how Facebook ranks for searching. Those numbers are for search bar ranking of objects (users,groups,etc) you recently and/or most interact with. You can check yourself by typing the first letter of any of those names and that name is probably the first selection in your Facebook search bar. A better ranking would be to look at communication_rank and observation_rank in FQL (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/technical-guides/fql/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/technical-guides/fql/) SELECT uid2, communication_rank, observation_rank FROM friend WHERE uid1=me() ORDER BY communication_rank

prezjordan 13y ago
Are these fields still valid? The reference for the friend table[0] doesn't listen anything but uid1 and uid2. [0]:https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql/friend https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql/friend
- phwd 13y ago
  These are hidden fields available only through whitelisted applications like Facebook for iOS. http://i.imgur.com/4FdUJ1u.png http://i.imgur.com/4FdUJ1u.png