The creepy suggestions of new friends on Facebook

Facebook is creepy. Admittedly, I’ve only been on it for a short period of time, and I’ll admit to its usefulness when it comes to creating professional presences (for businesses and services). For example, for my professional activities as a researcher, teacher/educator/instructor and consultant, I’ve created my own Facebook fan page. I had kept Facebook mostly for friends of mine, family and a number of colleagues from the social media world, academic world and so on, but I’ve slowly been adding more colleagues and friends (and even fans) to Facebook, but it keeps freaking me out when I find really strange suggestions, including people I’ve e-mailed once or twice (ever). I came across an article on MSNBC about this, you can read it and see how it relates. The fact that Facebook stored information from my email addressbook really upsets me, but at this point in time, can I really get away with NOT being on Facebook, considering how much social media work I do at this point in time? Do you feel creeped out by the suggestions provided by Facebook? I quote part of the article below.

This phenomenon is fairly unsettling for many users who’ve noticed in recent weeks that Facebook’s once laughably obscure friend suggestions are suddenly downright inappropriate. [Facebook: ‘Why not give your ex another shot?’]

As usual, have your say on the comments section – do you use Facebook’s suggestions for new friends? Are you worried about your privacy settings?

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