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Finding Friends Via Search Query Analysis

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the liking-the-same-things-i-do dept.

prostoalex writes "How many times have you met an interesting person, who happened to check out the same book in the library, or listen to the same music as you do? Researchers from University of Chicago suggest that it would be kinda cool if you could find like-minded people by analyzing the queries submitted to a Web search engine. Their PDF paper explains the research in more detail."

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  1. somewhere by circletimessquare · · Score: 1, Redundant

    a million stalkers rejoice

    attractive women everywhere weep

    as if this is a good thing

    anonymity is much beter than anything this tech can do

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