Facebook's paranormal friend recommendations *whoo-oo-ooo!*

Jun 26, 2009 16:46



Okay - this is freaky [Update, I think I've partly figured this out - but it's still scary and possibly worse - see below]

One of Facebook's more-fun features (I find) is the 'Suggestions Friends' page, wherein Facebook looks at your friends and who they friend and looks for patterns that suggest people that you might know and want to friend. ( Read more... )

eeek!, webcomics, experimentation, facebook, random geekery

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tackline June 26 2009, 22:52:12 UTC
For a while, I had a load of easyJet ads. I suspect *they* collaborate with other sites through cookies+webbugs to track us.

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eponymousarchon July 1 2009, 13:31:55 UTC
Boneist suggests similar in the next entry. I'm not given to conspiricy paranoia (I've had my skeptic's shots) but the sum total of this is concerning.

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Please read all my mail? No thanks. quaestor23 November 23 2009, 16:14:22 UTC
Sorry I can't understand why people give their webmail password out to other sites. It's like giving root access to someone who wants to chown a file. ie you are giving away WAY more power than the task actually requires ( ... )

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