How Facebook Graph Search Can Descend Into Creepiness

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Anita Li
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How Facebook Graph Search Can Descend Into Creepiness

Facebook's Graph Search, which the social-network giant rolled out last week, is an undeniably cool new feature.

The internal search system sorts through user data to unearth information shared by your friends, as well as what's publicly available on Facebook. So you can look up, say, "Which of my college friends like Metallica?" and other very detailed questions.

But one humorous video demonstrates how Graph Search can quickly degenerate into something creepy. In it, Slacktory editor Nick Douglas "uses" the system, and suggests a series of increasingly weird (and funny) search terms.

Among them:

"MILFs"

"GILFs"

"Photos of me naked"

"People I want to f***"

"Girls who look like my ex, but are nice"

Watch the whole video, above; then tell us in the comments: How do you plan to use Graph Search?

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