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Re:Creating a friend recommendation algorithm from social ne... by sgt101 on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @03:43AM (#4321637)
Given that the facebook graph is fairly mature I would think that this would actually be against their best interests - surely a good friend recommender is one of the things that a new entrant would need to break the market?
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Re:Creating a friend recommendation algorithm from social ne... by obtu on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @11:50AM (#4323551)
You still need the graph to run the recommender. This algorithm would help new users get up to speed quickly, with better results when the social graph is large; it's just another network effect.
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