Ask HN: Added someone on Facebook/got suggestion on Linkedin

1 points by s3nnyy 8y ago ↗ HN

I just added someone I met on Facebook. Now this person is suggested to me in search on Linkedin. Is it rapportive or some other browser extension doing shenanigans or how does this happen?

I know Microsoft is involved in both Linkedin and Facebook; so there might be also a connection there?

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mrkrabo 8y ago ↗

Maybe that person looked you up on LinkedIn.

brudgers 8y ago ↗

The key is that the other person's behavior is viral in terms of forming connections between the social graphs. It is why Facebook and Linkedin and Google all want my contacts...and locations.

Match.com has a commercial where they show a feature which displays romantic candidates based on how many times two unacquainted people were nearby.

s3nnyy 8y ago ↗

She does not have a Linkedin