Newbie - FAQ

Provider on Facebook?
RSpork 23 Reviews 913 reads
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I had a provider pop up on Facebook as a "suggested friend". I've had other people from my phone book pop up, people I barely know and haven't been in contact with for years, but obviously this is different. I've seen her a few times, but certainly don't know her RL details. Her work # is in my phone under an unrelated alias.  Could FB have pulled it from the number alone ? It freaked me out and I blocked her from coming up again. I don't want that information. (Luckily my wife wasn't looking at me when I turned pale ...)  

If she popped up on mine, could it go the other way, me popping up on her FB, and make me look like a crazy stalker?

Has this ever happened to anyone else? I know about FB privacy settings and use them, but what else can I do?

FoxCar71 27 Reviews 436 reads
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...Decline it. Facebook matches the phone numbers in your contacts to other people's contacts, and uses those matches to suggest them as friends

mrfisher 108 Reviews 373 reads
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3 / 9

Keeping the wall between the two worlds is hard enough even without FB.

With FB, is well nigh impossible

Smallfish 390 reads
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4 / 9

Probably 50% or so of the providers I see end up popping up on my Facebook "Do you know?" feed.  Sometimes, a couple of months after I stopped seeing them.

And yes, it will happen the other way too, but no, they won't think you're a crazy stalker...as long as you don't do what the d-bags do which is actually message her through FB.

If you want to avoid this, use a different phone for the hobby, and NEVER connect that phone to FB

Fancy8888 See my TER Reviews 375 reads
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Posted By: RSpork
I had a provider pop up on Facebook as a "suggested friend". I've had other people from my phone book pop up, people I barely know and haven't been in contact with for years, but obviously this is different. I've seen her a few times, but certainly don't know her RL details. Her work # is in my phone under an unrelated alias.  Could FB have pulled it from the number alone ? It freaked me out and I blocked her from coming up again. I don't want that information. (Luckily my wife wasn't looking at me when I turned pale ...)  
   
 If she popped up on mine, could it go the other way, me popping up on her FB, and make me look like a crazy stalker?  
   
 Has this ever happened to anyone else? I know about FB privacy settings and use them, but what else can I do?  

swimtrekr 58 Reviews 330 reads
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FB friends using our real names.  So far, no problems.  Our interactions have been strictly on a personal friendly  level.  Sorry, I can't help you on getting rid of her on FB.  When FB asks you if you want someone as a friend, and you do not want them as a friend, delete the friend request.

LLAP,
Swim

RSpork 23 Reviews 308 reads
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7 / 9

Thanks. It's seeing someone pop up when you don't know their RL identity that's weird. No friend request to decline, just big brother Suckerberg.
I appreciate the feedback, everyone. It's reassuring.

JennaEvans See my TER Reviews 351 reads
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8 / 9

Also, its because FB uses your loction services to find friends nearby. A civvie friend of a friend tried it out at a work event and people that she did NOT share phone numbers/ info with popped up as suggested friends!

Always turn location services off when you are meeting a client/provider, and hopefully it won't happen again. Sneaky

BellaBinx 216 reads
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9 / 9

Oh woah. I did not know that. Man, FB is more than a little creepy sometimes.  

Posted By: JennaEvans
Also, its because FB uses your loction services to find friends nearby. A civvie friend of a friend tried it out at a work event and people that she did NOT share phone numbers/ info with popped up as suggested friends!  
   
 Always turn location services off when you are meeting a client/provider, and hopefully it won't happen again. Sneaky!  
   
 

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