Can You Tell If Someone Is Stalking You On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has generated a fair bit of argument! Listed below, five thoughtful theories attempting to resolve this pushing secret:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE right that facebook post. it's the 5 people whom YOU LOOK FOR frequently ... not the other method around. it's owning me crazy reading through all the remarks seeing people getting mad at facebook for absolutely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Mistake" Theory
From a Facebook discussion thread: "I presume it's meant to be individuals whose profiles you take a look at the most, but that they're describing the incorrect statistics (human coding error) and it's in fact the 5 who take a look at yours many.
I believe it's a mistake since Facebook would not do something like that intentionally, it goes versus their ethos of confidential surfing, however it definitely refers to a figure that they're keeping, and in between the [restricted] info that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my pals), I 'd state they're inadvertently contacting the 5 people who search you the a lot of."
- The "Search Frequency" Theory
A reader tries to parse the Facebook algorithm: "I have a theory. I believe it's matching the frequency of times that you search for someone with the frequency of times that individuals look for you and it's an effort at analyzing who your friends are."
- The "It's NOT Individual You Look For" Theory
A commenter attempts the process of removal: "eek-- okay so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no pals, and attempted it. absolutely nothing came up, which makes sense, cause it's a whack name. nevertheless, individuals i use it to stalk didn't appear either, which implies it can not be tracking the people we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter claims to go straight to the source: "OK, my buddy emailed her pal that works for the Excellent Book and here was the reaction (focus mine): This is the canned reaction we have actually been utilizing:
The five good friends that you see below the search box are populated based upon people whom we believe you 'd be most interested in. Considering different elements, we attempt to make an educated guess as to who it is you're trying to find when you start typing a name in the search box.
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