Resetting recommendations while maintaining profile and matches

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium encoded with executable instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, perform operations comprising:

• forming a first recommendation, for a first user of a networking site, of a second user of the networking site, at least in part based on a first profile of a first account of the first user on the networking site and a second profile of a second account of the second user on the networking site;
• performing a first interaction between the first account and the second account;
• receiving a request to reset the first profile;
• producing an updated profile by maintaining a first portion of the first profile and resetting a second portion of the first profile;
• and
• forming a second recommendation, for the first user, of the second user, at least in part based on the updated profile.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor configured to form a first recommendation, for a first user of a networking site, of a second user of the networking site, at least in part based on a first profile of a first account of the first user on the networking site and a second profile of a second account of the second user on the networking site, and to perform a first interaction between the first account and the second account;
• and
• a network interface that receives a request to reset the first profile, wherein
• the processor further is configured to produce an updated profile by maintaining a first portion of the first profile and resetting a second portion of the first profile and to form a second recommendation, for the first user, of the second user, at least in part based on the updated profile.