Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, and It Won't Tell Me How

Or it is just a chance event? As it is not a controlled experiment and the story concerns a single individual I find the conclusion to be rather shaky.

Re: Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, and It Won't Tell Me How

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Post by damnfine » Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 1:15 PM UTC

monkeyprojects wrote: post #3

And that is why I only have 1 friend on Facebook - my wife

Then why use it?

Re: Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, and It Won't Tell Me How

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Post by celticninja » Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 1:16 PM UTC

I'm getting a 404

This link seems to be working

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/08/facebook-figured-out-my-f...

Re: Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, and It Won't Tell Me How

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Post by Simon_says » Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 1:17 PM UTC

monkeyprojects wrote: post #3

And that is why I only have 1 friend on Facebook - my wife

Funnily enough, I'm not FB friends with my wife, and she never comes up on my "People You May Know". I spend more time with her than anyone, so maybe FB's algorithm isn't so great?

Re: Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, and It Won't Tell Me How

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Post by tyingq » Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 1:22 PM UTC

Simon_says wrote: post #7

monkeyprojects wrote: post #3

And that is why I only have 1 friend on Facebook - my wife

Funnily enough, I'm not FB friends with my wife, and she never comes up on my "People You May Know". I spend more time with her than anyone, so maybe FB's algorithm isn't so great?

Maybe she's clever? https://m.facebook.com/help/290450221052800/

Re: Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, and It Won't Tell Me How

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Post by monkeyprojects » Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 1:29 PM UTC

damnfine wrote: post #5

monkeyprojects wrote: post #3

And that is why I only have 1 friend on Facebook - my wife

Then why use it?

I don’t except for signing on to other sites (its easier than creating and remembering a password) and for Wi-fi in Barbados (I’m not paying their mobile data rates).

Re: Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, and It Won't Tell Me How

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Post by decentralised » Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 1:30 PM UTC

I haven't used my Facebook account in years, ever since they recommended I connected with a person I'd known for 20+ years but with whom I shared no connections or commonalities apart from our nationality. As I remember it, neither of us had listed schools, jobs or interests in our profiles.

Maybe it was a coincidence but it made me very anxious so I left the platform.