Facebook Feature: People You May Know
Might as well be called something like, “People you befriended then removed because they were jerks” or “People you know but aren’t friends with” or “Jerks who are friends with many of your friends.”
The algorithm is probably pretty simple. Facebook probably just grabs people who are not your friends but share a large number of friends with you. I imagine they aren’t doing any kind of interesting (mathwise) stuff like weighing friends with low degree higher and friends with high degree lower. That would mean that friends who are friend whores count less toward your “People you might know” score than friends who have very few friends.
And that’s why Facebook needs employees well versed in network analysis and graph exploration!
*HINT HINT*
Also, I’d really like to see a “DO NOT WANT” button for the douchebags who keep on showing up in my list of people I may know. Just because I may know them doesn’t mean I want to be “friends” with them, FB.
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It’s not people you should be friends with, though is it, as a lot of people think. People seem to mix up their facebook friends with actual friends which seems to be causing probs. I agree on this feature needing a “Not interested” button.
I think the best part about social media is debating whether or not to give that “friend” status to someone. If they’re not your friend, you have just given them a key to stalk you, but the barrier of politeness is a tough one to break!
Sometimes the best friendships bloom from stalking roots. Oh, no, wait. No, they don’t. I dunno about you, but I like to “keep it real” on Facebook. No friending of random objects or fake people like in Myspace!