People You May Know
The “People You May Know” feature in facebook appears great at first glance - it enables people to easily see potential friends based on the friendships of their existing friends. However it also leads to some pretty strange results - mostly being people at school who I have spoken to for years, or perhaps even ever, adding me to their friends list because it just so happens that I am ‘friends’ with 5 or so of their ‘friends’.
Obviously if you then add people you found via “People You May Know”, or if people add you via “People You May Know” the results you then see are even less relevant as facebook lists friends of people that you don’t know very well.
I suppose there is always the decline button when someone adds you as a friend, but I am yet to use it.
Tags: facebook