1. Post link on Facebook redirected through your web server.
2. Correlate ip/site coming from with individual.
Now you have stats on who is stalking/interested in you. (Disclaimer: I don't use Facebook)
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#22I believe rather than focusing on people in your friends circle, it would be a better idea to focus on friends of your friends. Say an app that listed the photo and short bio of all of your friend's friends. You could then express an interest in somebody you would like to date and the app would notify your mutual friend and that friend would make an introduction.
Ofcourse there are certain issues with this approach too like the mutual friend being someone you 'kindof sortof' know, or a mutual friend who happens to be an ex of yours.
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#23Isn't it possible to simply "like" all your friends, and then sit back and wait for the notifications to come in about all the people that like you?
it looks like they limit you to 15 (still a lot!) crushes to prevent that behavior
An alternative solution would be to allow different levels of "like" - that data could be translated into a ordered list of "who you want to date most" and they could run the stable matching algorithm to suggest initial dates.
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#25Not the first Facebook app to do this. For example (link now deleted, though), http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2334990 , which I remember because I posted this comment: "Oh, I just marked you/everyone to see if you had marked me, I wasn't being serious."
This is a fundamental problem in this area. Flirting exists for a reason, and that reason is because relationships are smooth curves not step functions. And the seriousness of relationship issues (which can easily be as heartbreaking as losing a family member) means that it's typically necessary to begin only with the most tenuous of bonds between people who might love each other. Trying to force this subtle and enor…
Nature also lessens this problem by correlating seriousness with physical affection and hormones. Kissing is a much more meaningful signal than texting "I seriously like you".