One way it can happen...
by El Kabong 
, Oak Lawn, IL, Sunday, March 07, 2010, 18:35 (5938 days ago) @ hobbs
...is if someone who knows you signs up for FB and says they know you.
For example, FB has a function when you join where you can give them a list of email addresses and they'll tell you which of those addresses are on FB. But for the ones that aren't, they stay in your account, so when someone on that list joins, they automatically suggest you connect.
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- OT - How does facebook work?..... -
hobbs,
2010-03-07, 15:04
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- The system uses GPS - MadisonDomer, 2010-03-08, 02:19
- There's this series of tubes called the internet. . .
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JRT,
2010-03-07, 20:04
- In honor of the Oscars -
MHB (Rakes of Mallow),
2010-03-07, 18:24
- "Outstanding old-person post"....... -
hobbs,
2010-03-07, 19:48
- [chuckling . . . .] - Sherman Oaks, 2010-03-07, 22:14
- "Outstanding old-person post"....... -
hobbs,
2010-03-07, 19:48
- At the risk that you just wanted to poke at Angel... -
domer.mq,
2010-03-07, 17:19
- It was a serious question..... -
hobbs,
2010-03-07, 17:39
- One way it can happen... - El Kabong, 2010-03-07, 18:35
- It's sort of like Venn Diagrams - domer.mq, 2010-03-07, 18:28
- Not entirely sure... - Mobster, 2010-03-07, 17:56
- It was a serious question..... -
hobbs,
2010-03-07, 17:39
- Watch it, Buster. - Angel, 2010-03-07, 16:25