How does Facebook do that ?

[osborn_fr]

I'm not a huge fan of theses social network web sites, but i registered on Facebook a few times ago to please some of my friends.

 

Tonight, i was amazingly surprised by one of the "friend suggestion" facebook offered:

 

Guess who ?

 

 

How the F%*£# does Facebook do that ?

[Boozad]

Yeah I had the same with Nick.

[Shootydog]

It reads in your registered email for contacts that match.

[MutantKeys]

Email addresses

 

You must've done business with him via paypal or have his email in your address book

[supapimp]

it's a social networking site. duh!

[osborn_fr]

it's a social networking site. duh!

 

I just name that a spying site.

[Mr. Zipper]

It reads in your registered email for contacts that match.

 

You mean Facebook goes into your email application and reads the contacts? That's pretty invasive.

 

What if you use an online email application like gmail or yahoo mail... can it get into that or just Outlook which is resident on your hard drive?

[s-man]

it's a social networking site. duh!

 

I just name that a spying site.

 

Facebook Stalking

[BlowUpTheMoon]

It reads in your registered email for contacts that match.

 

You mean Facebook goes into your email application and reads the contacts?

 

No, I do not believe that is true.

[supapimp]

It reads in your registered email for contacts that match.

 

You mean Facebook goes into your email application and reads the contacts? That's pretty invasive.

 

What if you use an online email application like gmail or yahoo mail... can it get into that or just Outlook which is resident on your hard drive?

 

FB asks you first, it doesn't do it automatically.

[Mr. Zipper]

It reads in your registered email for contacts that match.

 

You mean Facebook goes into your email application and reads the contacts? That's pretty invasive.

 

What if you use an online email application like gmail or yahoo mail... can it get into that or just Outlook which is resident on your hard drive?

 

FB asks you first, it doesn't do it automatically.

 

Oh, now that you mention it, I recall this. I clicked "no."

[fastballspecial]

it's a social networking site. duh!

 

I just name that a spying site.

 

I prefer divorce site. Cant wait to see the statistics in a few years.

 

[seanfingh]

 

I like the statement under the picture. "This is not the Nick Beckett you are looking for. He can go about his business. Move along . . ."

[DrWatson]

I bet that is an old picture of Nick. I always pictured him looking a lot more haggard.

[seanfingh]

I bet that is an old picture of Nick. I always pictured him looking a lot more haggard.

 

What, like Alan Moore's crazy uncle?

[Sal]

define "a lot more." there are limits in the human condition, you know

[DrWatson]

You know what? It just dawned on me. This is what Gator will look like in twenty years, except he will be holding a Coke Zero.

 

[HarrisonJohn]

from what I can tell FB just assumes you may know someone if you have a couple of friends in common. Friend one or two people at your job and soon everyone at your job on FB will come up as people you may know...

[MutantKeys]

You know what? It just dawned on me. This is what Gator will look like in twenty years, except he will holding a Coke Zero.

 

[rob_react]

from what I can tell FB just assumes you may know someone if you have a couple of friends in common. Friend one or two people at your job and soon everyone at your job on FB will come up as people you may know...

 

They have several different ways of coming up with friend suggestions. As people mentioned WITH PERMISSION they can crawl your address book for people, they also have a friend of a friend thing that kicks in, which is where you'll see a lot of people that work with you.