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  1. 17-12-2009, 01:46 PM #1
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    News - Facebook uses surnames to estimate ethnic breakdown of users

    Who needs user surveys? Facebook gets all the information it needs just from your surname.
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  2. 17-12-2009, 06:27 PM #2
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    Re: News - Facebook uses surnames to estimate ethnic breakdown of users

    So, the graph is saying that Asians are abandoning Facebook?
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    Re: News - Facebook uses surnames to estimate ethnic breakdown of users

    how is that a good indication? an asian woman marries a russian man and changes her last name. Now, I guess they are both russians.
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    Re: News - Facebook uses surnames to estimate ethnic breakdown of users

    Well, about 2% of them at least..
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