How does facebook do this

TeddyTedson

Facebook has suggest I add someone I used to work with. We have no mutual friends and lives miles away from me. He's not in my email address book or anything like that. How the hell does it know these things!?

Storminateacup

You guys probably have logged on at the same location, and facebook thinks your sisters

Anyone

Facebook knows all.

smash

Have you ever listed where you work in your profile?

saintsaltynuts

Fluke is my guess?

scotty_irish

you're in his address book?

Storminateacup

Facebuke! It be sitting in a tree outside your house, WATCHING

lastlaugh

Sometimes it can tell if you really liked someone.

TeddyTedson

smash wrote: »

Have you ever listed where you work in your profile?

Nope

scotty_irish wrote: »

you're in his address book?

He has my phone number. It's done it with a few people now.
I was thinking that it was because he typed my name in or something..creeping on me.
It's happened with a few people now.

SheFiend

You probably both named your old place of work on your info page.

Stiffler2

Facebook is for idiots.

Well done, you're now on the FBI Criminal Database open social networks

Prettyfireworks

If facebook have your number they can suggest contacts who are also members on facebook that you are not yet friends with, its kinda creepy.

Gmol

Oh god it's in the house with you........... get out GET OUT

Standard Toaster

You probably kissed once at the Christmas party. Yano, remember him? Yer man with the BO

stovelid

Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

joshrogan

Facebook knows all, now that you've questioned it expect a visit to your house in the middle of the night, goodbye my dear friend.

charlemont

stovelid wrote: »

Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

Oh crap !!

TeddyTedson

Bye

patwicklow

FB = BB next it will know last time you farted and announce it to the world.

BBDBB

stovelid wrote: »

Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

Good, cos trying to remember every single one of them myself is a nightmare

iguana

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Facebook has suggest I add someone I used to work with. We have no mutual friends and lives miles away from me. He's not in my email address book or anything like that. How the hell does it know these things!?

One of your facebook friends probably has both of your email addresses in his/her address book.

Gummy Panda

stovelid wrote: »

Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

Ah fúck!

Nodin

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Facebook has suggest I add someone I used to work with. We have no mutual friends and lives miles away from me. He's not in my email address book or anything like that. How the hell does it know these things!?

It knows you were looking at him.

It knows what you won't admit.

token101

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Facebook has suggest I add someone I used to work with. We have no mutual friends and lives miles away from me. He's not in my email address book or anything like that. How the hell does it know these things!?

Probably some bored facebook exec playing gay matchmaker. Obviously your pictures gave the game away. You better add him quick, otherwise it might get 'totes awks'.

im invisible

stovelid wrote: »

Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

does bebo? Thats all im worried about...

Darsad

This has happened to me at least three times in the last month Facebook has suggested somebody I know but I can see no link with any of my FB friends weird .

Hootanany

stovelid wrote: »

Facebook knows if you've wanked over somebody's picture before.

:eek: busted