How To See Who Stalks Your Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually created quite a bit of difference! Listed below, 5 thoughtful theories trying to solve this pressing mystery:
- The "It's People YOU Search For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE correct that facebook post. it's the 5 people whom YOU BROWSE FOR frequently ... not the other method around. it's driving me insane 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 presume it's meant to be the individuals whose profiles you look at the most, however that they're describing the wrong stats (human coding mistake) and it's in fact the 5 who look at yours many.
I believe it's a mistake since Facebook wouldn't do something like that intentionally, it goes against their values of anonymous surfing, however it certainly describes a figure that they're keeping, and between the [restricted] information that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my good friends), I 'd state they're unintentionally calling up the 5 people who search you the a lot of."
- The "Search Frequency" Theory
A reader attempts 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 people search for you and it's an attempt at analyzing who your buddies are."
- The "It's NOT The Individuals You Look For" Theory
A commenter tries the procedure of elimination: "eek-- all right so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no buddies, and attempted it. nothing showed up, makings sense, cause it's a whack name. nevertheless, individuals i utilize it to stalk didn't appear either, which indicates it can not be tracking the individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These People" Theory
A commenter declares to go directly to the source: "OK, my buddy emailed her friend that works for the Great Book and here was the reaction (focus mine): This is the canned reaction we've been using:
The 5 friends that you see below the search box are inhabited based on people whom we think you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into consideration different factors, we try to make an informed 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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