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Re:Ask HN: How has Facebook figured out my family doctor as ... by matt_heimer on Sunday April 16, 2017 @02:26PM (#14126792)
So they Kevin Bacon it? (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) Has anyone generated enough fictitious people to determine the number of degrees they'll go to? I would imagine at 4 hops the list gets huge and well outside your personal circle but it'd be interesting to see some studies.
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Re:Ask HN: How has Facebook figured out my family doctor as ... by compsciphd on Friday April 21, 2017 @05:41AM (#14164176)
I strongly believe so. There are people who I know of in passing in real life (we exist in same extended social circle, but who I have never really spoken with), but as we have lots of mutual friends they come up as suggested matches for me on facebook.
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