Find Your Top Stalkers On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually created a fair bit of dispute! Below, five thoughtful theories trying to fix this pressing secret:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE correct that facebook post. it's the 5 individuals whom YOU LOOK FOR many typically ... not the other method around. it's driving me crazy reading through all the comments seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for definitely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Mistake" Theory
From a Facebook conversation thread: "I think it's meant to be individuals whose profiles you look at the most, however that they're referring to the incorrect statistics (human coding mistake) and it's actually the 5 who look at yours most.
I think it's a mistake due to the fact that Facebook wouldn't do something like that deliberately, it breaks their values of confidential surfing, however it definitely describes a figure that they're keeping, and in between the [restricted] information that the coding context offers and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my buddies), I 'd say they're unintentionally 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 think it's matching the frequency of times that you look for someone with the frequency of times that individuals search for you and it's an attempt at translating who your finest buddies are."
- The "It's NOT The Individuals You Look For" Theory
A commenter tries the process of elimination: "eek-- fine so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no buddies, and attempted it. absolutely nothing came up, which makes sense, trigger it's a whack name. however, the people i utilize it to stalk didn't show up either, which implies it can not be tracking the people we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter declares to go directly to the source: "OK, my pal emailed her friend that works for the Great Book and here was the response (focus mine): This is the canned response we have actually been utilizing:
The 5 pals that you see below the search box are inhabited based on individuals whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into consideration different factors, we try to make an educated guess as to who it is you're searching for when you start typing a name in the search box.
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