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plhetp
Could this be true? Can Facebook really 'predict' future events?
exolymph
No. How would they do it? Especially when the spikes are in response to breaking news that wasn't known beforehand.
plhetp
Certainly not everything, but isn't possible that there's a correlation between what people talk about with each other and their actions. This might give a glimpse into the future (and outcome of certain things) when it comes to talent shows or elections.