How To See Who Is Stalking You On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has produced a fair bit of argument! Below, five thoughtful theories trying to solve this pressing mystery:
- The "It's People YOU Search For" Theory
A passionate reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE correct that facebook post. it's the five individuals whom YOU SEARCH FOR a lot of frequently ... not the other method around. it's owning me crazy reading through all the comments seeing people getting mad at facebook for definitely no factor."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook conversation thread: "I think it's implied to be the individuals whose profiles you take a look at the most, however that they're describing the wrong data (human coding error) and it's really the 5 who look at yours the majority of.
I believe it's a mistake since Facebook would not do something like that deliberately, it breaks their principles of anonymous surfing, but it definitely refers to a fact that they're keeping, and in between the [minimal] information that the coding context offers and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my buddies), I 'd state they're mistakenly calling the 5 people who browse you the many."
- The "Browse Frequency" Theory
A reader attempts to parse the Facebook algorithm: "I have a theory. I believe it's matching the frequency of times that you browse for somebody with the frequency of times that people look for you and it's an attempt at translating who your buddies are."
- The "It's NOT Individual You Look For" Theory
A commenter tries the process of elimination: "eek-- all right so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no pals, and tried it. nothing came up, makings sense, cause it's a whack name. however, the people i use it to stalk didn't appear either, which implies it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter claims to go straight to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her good friend that works for the Great Book and here was the response (emphasis mine): This is the canned reaction we have actually been utilizing:
The five friends that you see below the search box are inhabited based upon individuals whom we believe you 'd be most interested in. Taking into consideration different elements, 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.
Please keep in mind that this information is only noticeable to you and will not be shared with your pals. We hope that this feature is useful and we value your feedback. Let me understand if you have more concerns."