Who Is Stalking My Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has produced a fair bit of argument! Below, five thoughtful theories attempting to fix this pressing secret:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE appropriate that facebook post. it's the 5 individuals whom YOU BROWSE FOR usually ... not the other method around. it's owning me crazy reading through all the comments seeing people getting mad at facebook for absolutely no factor."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook discussion thread: "I believe it's meant to be individuals whose profiles you look at the most, however that they're describing the wrong statistics (human coding error) and it's in fact the 5 who take a look at yours the majority of.
I believe it's an error since Facebook would not do something like that intentionally, it goes against their ethos of confidential surfing, but it definitely refers to a fact that they're keeping, and in between the [restricted] info that the coding context gives and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my buddies), I 'd state they're inadvertently contacting the 5 people who search you the a lot of."
- The "Browse 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 individuals search for you and it's an attempt at translating who your friends are."
- The "It's NOT The People You Browse For" Theory
A commenter attempts the process of elimination: "eek-- okay so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no pals, and attempted it. absolutely nothing showed up, which makes sense, cause it's a whack name. however, individuals i utilize it to stalk didn't show up either, which indicates it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter claims to go directly to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her good friend that works for the Excellent Book and here was the reaction (focus mine): This is the canned reaction we have actually been utilizing:
The 5 pals that you see below the search box are populated based on people whom we think you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into consideration different elements, we try to make an informed guess as to who it is you're looking for when you begin typing a name in the search box.
Please keep in mind that this info is just visible to you and will not be shared with your good friends. We hope that this feature is practical and we appreciate your feedback. Let me understand if you have more concerns."