Facebook Algorithm

What was that algorithm that Mark Zuckerberg's friend gave him when creating Facebook?

It's a pretty damn simple website, what algorithm could he possibly have needed from a math major?

>>4 had it right, in the second half of his post. Its just an ELO formula.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system#Mathematical_details

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7sRMoSkgfB0/TrdQUVOVBlI/AAAAAAAAAiA/CZQBHTWavrg/s1600/600full-the-social-network-screenshot.jpg

Seems legit. God damn they did so many things right in that movie. You will never see a more realistic "hacking" scene in any other movie. Ever.