Comments on: Facebook suggests an anonymous user: Me

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:02:44 +0000

You used the anonymous account to look at people you know well, your family. So perhaps facebook assumes that if joe user is pulling up the profiles of your family, then he must know you and thus be a good friend suggestion.

By: Brandy Miranda

Brandy Miranda — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:19:39 +0000

Your case is very interesting. I’m surprised too by the “friend suggestion” issue. I received the suggestion of adding an ex boyfriend to my friend list. That relationship didn’t end in good terms, and I erased all his emails and his addres from my contact list more than two years ago. I haven’t friends nor networks in common with my ex. I suppose the explanation is that I am in his contact list. However, I still don’t understand why facebook suggested him within a list of no more than 15 suggestions, when I usually exchange emails with lots of people which have a facebook account. Greetings from Buenos Aires!

By: avi

avi — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:50:35 +0000

I Think i have a clue

did you use you email account password for facebook too ?
if you used the same password for both, facebook might have used this password to enter your email account and look at your contacts.
i suspect that what they do.

By: FB Has No Privacy

FB Has No Privacy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:08:38 +0000

And this is yet another reason why I closed my facebook account

By: George Davis

George Davis — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:40:09 +0000

I just received a “friend suggestion” from someone who I have sent emails to about a year ago, but have never met… Who lives on the other side of the world. It makes me wonder what type of data are they mining.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:14:28 +0000

By: Red

Red — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:09:42 +0000

Oh great, not only is Facebook istelf stalking us, but so is my own father? Thanks dad…