Bafuputsi ba ile ba senya data ea liithuti ho tloha Facebook, ba kopanya le litlaleho tsa univesithi, ba sebelisa lintlha tsena tse kopantsoeng tsa lipatlisiso, ebe ba li arolelana le bafuputsi ba bang.
Ho qala ka 2006, selemo le selemo, sehlopha sa baprofesa le batlatsi ba lipatlisiso li ile tsa senya litlaleho tsa Facebook tsa litho tsa sehlopha sa 2009 ho "k'holejeng e ikemetseng e ka leboea-bochabela ea US" Bafuputsi bao ba ile ba kopanya lintlha tsena ho Facebook, tse neng li akarelletsa boitsebiso bo mabapi le metsoalle le litloaelo tsa setso, tse nang le boitsebiso bo tsoang kolecheng, e neng e kenyelletsa tlhahisoleseding e mabapi le bahlomphehi ba thuto le moo liithuti li neng li lula teng. Lintlha tsena tse kopantsoeng e ne e le mohloli oa bohlokoa, 'me li ne li sebelisetsoa ho hlahisa tsebo e ncha ka lihlooho tse kang kamoo liwebsaete tsa marang-rang (Wimmer and Lewis 2010) le kamoo marang-rang a boitšoaro le boitšoaro li fetohang kateng (Lewis, Gonzalez, and Kaufman 2012) . Ntle le ho sebelisa lintlha tsena bakeng sa mosebetsi oa bona, bafuputsi ba Litakatso, Maqhama le Bafuputsi ba ile ba etsa hore ba fumanehe ho bafuputsi ba bang, ka mor'a hore ba nke mehato ea ho sireletsa sephiri sa liithuti (Lewis et al. 2008) .
Ka bomalimabe, matsatsi a seng makae feela ka mor'a hore boitsebiso bo fumanehe, bafuputsi ba bang ba ile ba fumana hore sekolo sena se ne se le Harvard College (Zimmer 2010) . Bafuputsi ba Litakatso, Maqhama le Mehleng ba ile ba qosoa ka "ho hlōleha ho khomarela litekanyetso tsa ho etsa lipatlisiso" (Zimmer 2010) karolo e itseng hobane liithuti li ne li sa fana ka tumello e tsebisitsoeng (mekhoa eohle e ile ea hlahlojoa le ho amoheloa ke IRV ea IRV le Facebook). Ntle le ho nyatsuoa ke baruti, lihlooho tsa likoranta li ile tsa hlaha ka lihlooho tse kang "Bafuputsi ba Harvard ba qosoa ka ho koetlisa Barutuoa ba" Boinotšing " (Parry 2011) . Qetellong, dataset e ile ea tlosoa Inthaneteng, 'me e ke ke ea hlola e sebelisoa ke bafuputsi ba bang.