I swear this exact same thing comes up over and over again every few months.
I don't have the time to write much about this right now, but long story short - the top comment here is correct. When his some of his real life friends used one of the Facebook smartphone apps it uploaded their contacts to Facebook. Then when he signed up, it recognized him as being in his friends' mobile contacts and suggested them to him.
There was a great article here last year from somebody last year who experimented with all of this with a few fake, isolated accounts. If anyone can find the link that would be great.
Basically he found out that the above was true. He also found out that since Facebook logs every search you make, people who had searched for his name before he ever signed up were recommended to him when he did.
Yes Facebook are denying this, but he had clear evidence that proved the contrary.
I don't have the time to write much about this right now, but long story short - the top comment here is correct. When his some of his real life friends used one of the Facebook smartphone apps it uploaded their contacts to Facebook. Then when he signed up, it recognized him as being in his friends' mobile contacts and suggested them to him.
There was a great article here last year from somebody last year who experimented with all of this with a few fake, isolated accounts. If anyone can find the link that would be great.
Basically he found out that the above was true. He also found out that since Facebook logs every search you make, people who had searched for his name before he ever signed up were recommended to him when he did.
Yes Facebook are denying this, but he had clear evidence that proved the contrary.