Not sure what to suggest - I just hope someone else is able to replicate it or I'll look like an arse. I was on a UK IP, without erasing cookies between logging out of my old FB and creating a new one.
I signed up with a new email address. Put in my phone number. I _do not_ have this phone number on my primary account. Now on my dummy account, I get a long list of friend suggestions, most of them from my primary account, and some unknown.
My dummy account and primary account are not linked in any way. All cookies cleared. So how did my dummy account suggest so many friends from my primary account? It didn't before I entered my phone number in my dummy account. Some of the friend suggestions live in other countries, and I doubt they would have my US phone number.
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http://www.facebook.com/gettingstarted.php?step=friend_reque...
That's the URL that I'm still being directed to - I haven't actually clicked 'Next' yet.
On the account I just created, that URL just redirects to the home page (where it wants me to import contacts from email, etc.).
Not sure what to suggest - I just hope someone else is able to replicate it or I'll look like an arse. I was on a UK IP, without erasing cookies between logging out of my old FB and creating a new one.
This is interesting.
I signed up with a new email address. Put in my phone number. I _do not_ have this phone number on my primary account. Now on my dummy account, I get a long list of friend suggestions, most of them from my primary account, and some unknown.
My dummy account and primary account are not linked in any way. All cookies cleared. So how did my dummy account suggest so many friends from my primary account? It didn't before I entered my phone number in my dummy account. Some of the friend suggestions live in other countries, and I doubt they would have my US phone number.
http://www.facebook.com/find-friends/browser/
Try that page - it shows me most of the same people at the top, and then tails off into their friends.
I'm in the US. Regardless, I believe you, there could be any number of variables that the sign up process depends on