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Originally Posted by Newman
I received an invitation to join Facebook from a member here. I generally don't have time to join these kinds of things any more but I was shocked see that Facebook listed others that I might know on Facebook.
The list included the real names of 3 people whom I have met (in person) because of the forums, an attorney who was a mentor when I first got started, my son's girl friend and someone going by a user name that I don't recognize.
So, how does Facebook know who I know? I can't imagine that these people have listed my name and email on their facebook pages.
Puzzled....
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FB figures that stuff out in a few ways, the top being friends of people who you have already accepted as friends, people who list the same specific info like school name and place, and people who join the same groups you join, and by syncing email account info from google, gmail, etc. No one is listing you, FB is connecting the dots by the nfo you and they have entered and the friends you have each acepted.
Most everybody on FB uses their "real names" literally... that's how you connect with people you have not seen in years...every one I know uses their name and most of the ladies include their maiden name. so that's no surprise. The purpose of FB is to connect you...and if you went under some disguise, you'd not be connected with anyone.