Facebook is going to get someone busted.
So, in my "People you May Know" section of my Facebook a certain working girl popped up at the too of the list. I'm assuming its her real name. I'm just not sure how "they" figured out I know her. I have had a single visit with her and we have no mutual FB friends at all. I have never searched for her on FB nor contacted her there. But somehow, Facebook knows that she and I are "acquainted". W. T. F. How scarey is that!! Now, I fortunately don't have a nosey spouse but this could get some mongers in trouble if they aren't careful. Mark my words. This is a signal of the future to come with how authorities will track depraved individuals like you and I. I had been seriously considering deleting my FB account for a myriad of reasons. This may have just pushed me over the edge.
I did a small bit of searching and found this on how FB recommends people. Maybe this can help someone out:
Ways I know that FaceBook recommends contacts:
People you search for- this history can be deleted, it is part of your activity log.
People who search for you.
Being tagged in a friend's photo or album with other people in it.
Large number of mutual friends.
Network affiliation (school, work, city).
Group affiliation.
Attending the same event.
Friends of connected social media accounts.
Associated email addresses and phone numbers from your mobile (only if you use the Facebook mobile app and allow access to your contacts).
Your email addresses or phone numbers are saved in someone else's mobile AND you associated your phone number and email addresses with your profile.
Friends of people you have blocked.
Opting to upload your email contacts by temporarily providing FaceBook your login and password to an email account.
Point is, there are countless ways that FaceBook can recommend friends. Their business model is to have people connected so they can sell market research, demographic data, and cater to you as an individual instead of as part of a large body of people. So it makes sense they will do anything they can to build people's connections. Not saying what's right or wrong, just saying what it is. FaceBook does not purposely intend to injure anybody with their recommendations. It's also within your power to see only what you want.
If you are really concerned about your privacy, I strongly urge any readers of this thread to check your privacy settings and seriously adjust them to your liking. Changing your visibility settings to only those that know your affiliated email account might help with unwanted friend recommendations. No sense calling out privacy concerns if you're not going to do anything about it for yourself. Delete your search history if you have to. Don't put up with a stalker, block him / her already. Unsubscribe from News Feed spammers. Sort connections into close friends, family, acquaintances, and those with restricted privileges to your profile. Take charge of what you see by adjusting your privacy settings instead of endlessly scrolling through the News Feed.
Happening to me for a couple years
That has been happening to me for a while. Sometimes it's cool. Other times. Hell no! Block Block! I run a Fakebook account to connect with my hooker friends.
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[QUOTE=Jayb2003;2987739]I've had several ladies from Backpage pop up on my Facebook "people you may know" list. A couple of them I had no mutual friends and I have never contacted them. I'm not sure why they popped up but I'm kind of nosey so I did check out their page LOL. It's a pretty good indicator if they have a lot of drama on their Facebook page then they will probably be drama for you too. Just be careful mentioning that you saw their Facebook page. Some girls get spooked if you know anything about their "real" life.
I've also had several pop up that I had mutual friends with. It makes me wonder if the mutual friend even knows that her friend is on BP or not. It just goes to show you that it's a small world.[/QUOTE]