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A comment on Ask HN: FB suggests friends after visiting same city, don't use FB phone. How?.

Re:Ask HN: FB suggests friends after visiting same city, don... by etempleton on Friday July 03, 2020 @02:40PM (#23726362)
You are missing the most obvious and most likely reason for matching with new coworkers. Your new coworkers searched and viewed your profile on Facebook after meeting you. This is a key way Facebook suggests friends.
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Re:Ask HN: FB suggests friends after visiting same city, don... by doopy-loopy2 on Sunday July 05, 2020 @10:46AM (#23739059)
this. so obvious yet we jump to conspiracy.
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Re:Ask HN: FB suggests friends after visiting same city, don... by DudeInBasement on Monday July 06, 2020 @10:46AM (#23748458)
It's so obvious that it's reptiles, yet we jump to a simple search on Facebook.
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