[Air-L] facebook evidence?

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Isn't that a little like asking for Google's algorithm? Would they let  
out data like that? Hmmm, I wonder.


On Sep 26, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Barry Wellman wrote:

> I've learned a lot from the Facebook discussion about how "matches"  
> are made,* but mostly it has been deduction, conjecture and anecdote.
>
> *****Does anybody have any really reliable, verifiable evidence   
> about how Facebook matches are actually made?
>
> *And reinforced my own reasons for not on FBook, altho I am on  
> Twitter.
>
> Barry Wellman
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