For my book, I’m looking for great examples of sites and apps that note what users do and use that inadvertently created data to help the users. For example, suppose Flickr notices how many people view a photo a second time and uses that to raise the photo’s “interestingness” quotient; the viewers aren’t viewing it a second time in order to raise the quotient. Or maybe there’s an app that figures out your social network by looking at your email inbox and outbox. The more subtle the clue, the better.

I wouldn’t mind examples of abuse, either.

Please do not assume I must know about this or that case. What I don’t know — but you do — could fill a book.

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