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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 34 “No, girls, what nonsense. Apart from the small detail that Armelinda or I should approach him because Rosaria wouldn’t be able to utter a word if she approached him, and apart from the fact that we wouldn’t know how to judge what would be the most common names of a reality that we don’t know at all, Facebook isn’t even the best search engine that could help us. Besides, to search for him on Facebook, we would at least need to know his last name or some other detail. He could have a nickname. “Sorry,” Armelinda interrupted, “let’s go back to what we we’re talking about earlier. In my opinion to find his profile on Facebook we need to know which community he belongs to. I’ll explain the reasoning that I did: we know that he lives in Chiaia and we know that he is of African origins. In Chiaia, there is a strong presence of Ukranian, Senegalese and Nigerian communities.” “I understand,” Rosaria said. “If he isn’t of Ukranian origins, he is either of Senegalese or Nigerian origins.” “Exactly,” Tina observed. “But I still don’t understand where this can lead us.” “I’ll explain it now,” Armelinda continued. “At this point, there’s a 50% chance he’s of Senegalese origins and a 50% chance he’s of Nigerian origins. Now, for what we need let’s imagine he’s of Nigerian origins and proceed as if this were true because, this way, it could be useful for us for what I had in mind. In fact, my brother has many friends in the Nigerian community and is also in contact with them on the social network. We can ask him to show us his contacts and his friendships to see if there is a profile that corresponds to his. Maybe we could discover that he’s his best friend.” “Yea, maybe!” Rosaria exclaimed sarcastically, doubting that she could solve this problem with such ease. However, she was afraid of the other 50% chance that they could have been wrong, and then what would they do? “We’d take note of the mistake,” said Tina, who was convincing herself to follow that path, “and we’d start over again considering the other 50% chance. If nothing else, at least we’d be a little closer to the truth. You’ll see, you’ll succeed in meeting the boy of your dreams!”