The High Order Bit

So, Mutant Media has been producing some pretty cool Facebook apps for some clients lately. So naturally ideas starting bubbling up to the top of my head for my own. Well, turns out that Facebook and I aren’t getting along. I think it would be interesting to segregate my contacts into lists. The basic first step, which has been done already by Facebook & an app or two is to see which contacts know other contacts (mutual friends) but cross list. For example, just by browsing around, I noticed one of my work friends knows an old college friend. They don’t know each other through me, but both know me. Ok, easy enough. But next, I wanted to dive one deeper. I wanted to find people out there that I didn’t know but who 2 of my unconnected friends know. That would be interesting so that you could suggest to those mutual friends that they meet through their mutual friends. Alas, Facebook API doesn’t seem to allow you to fetch a friend’s friend list. Bah humbug. Onto the next idea then.