Suggested out of network communication recipients

A system for recommending an out-of-network communication recipient, the system comprising:

• a recommendation module, operating on one or more computer processors, and configured to:
• determine a set of potential recommended members of a social networking service;
• determine for each particular member in the set of potential recommended members:
• a profile similarity score, the profile similarity score indicating a measure of how similar the particular member is to a previous target member of an out-of-network communication of a sending member;
• and
• a recommendation criteria score, the recommendation criteria score being a measure of how closely the particular member matches a recommendation criteria;
• determine a set of recommended members from the set of potential recommended members based upon the profile similarity scores and the recommendation criteria scores of the members in the set of potential recommended members;
• and
• a presentation module, configured to:
• present the set of recommended members to the sending member;
• and
• send an out-of-network communication to a selected member of the set of recommended member from the sending member.

A machine readable medium that stores instructions which when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• determining a set of potential recommended members of a social networking service;
• determining for each particular member in the set of potential recommended members:
• a profile similarity score, the profile similarity score indicating a measure of how similar the particular member is to a previous target member of an out-of-network communication of a sending member;
• and
• a recommendation criteria score, the recommendation criteria score being a measure of how closely the particular member matches a recommendation criteria;
• determining a set of recommended members from the set of potential recommended members based upon the profile similarity scores and the recommendation criteria scores of the members in the set of potential recommended members;
• presenting the set of recommended members to the sending member;
• and
• sending an out-of-network communication to a selected member of the set of recommended member from the sending member.