I just had Facebook suggest someone I haven't seen in years, who I don't have their contact info for as a friend. I'm thrilled that it knew, but it's a bit creepy.
I really want to understand the Facebook friend recommendation process.
I have a few theories:
It remembers who came up when you search by email (this I'm pretty sure since people in my contact list show up as recommendations after I log out)
It remembers who you searched for and recommends the searcher to the searchee.
It's really HAL
Anyone else have a better understanding or theories? It really is a bit creepy how it can suggest random people you know.
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