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A comment on Ask HN: How has Facebook figured out my family doctor as a friend suggestion?.

Re:Ask HN: How has Facebook figured out my family doctor as ... by tranv94 on Sunday April 16, 2017 @12:42PM (#14126362)
Facebook suggests a person I keep seeing on my commute that also works in the same building as me (not same company). I always think the 0 mutual friend recommendations are a bit weird/interesting
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Re:Ask HN: How has Facebook figured out my family doctor as ... by randomdata on Sunday April 16, 2017 @12:53PM (#14126398)
To be fair, users who appear to travel in the same circles (even just an IP address can reveal such correlation) seems like a fairly good choice for making that kind of suggestion.
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