Facebook suggesting friends after you've been in same proximity as them that day?

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Nov 21, 2011
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Okay so I've had this happen way too many times for it to be a coincidence, but today I just got back from playing basketball with a classmate I haven't seen since High School. And I log into Facebook and his name pops up into the "People you may know" feed. Really creepy.

I've also had this happen when I was out at a bar that an old classmate was at, and I see him in the "people you may know" again.

Also, one of my friends neighbors came to a party they were having and now she's poppin' up too.

Call it a similar case to ad blindness if you want, but I'm not buying it. I noticed this all after I got my smartphone (I was way late to the game, only had one for about the past 12 months. Long story).


TL;DR: Pretty sure facebook's algorithym tracks your GPS location and knows who you're with all the time. Creepy.
 


Doesn't FB suggest friends of people that searched you?

So maybe these people searched you on fb, just didn't add you?
 
I mean yeah I've heard that too. But a couple we're ppl I vaguely know. Maybe they searched me, but I really think there's something more to it.

Not really a big deal, just wondering if anyone else had any similar experiences.