Who Stalks Your Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has created rather a bit of argument! Listed below, five thoughtful theories attempting to fix this pushing mystery:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Search For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE appropriate that facebook post. it's the 5 people whom YOU SEARCH FOR frequently ... not the other way around. it's driving me crazy reading through all the remarks seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for absolutely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Mistake" Theory
From a Facebook conversation thread: "I think it's implied to be the people whose profiles you take a look at the most, however that they're describing the wrong stats (human coding mistake) and it's really the 5 who look at yours many.
I believe it's a mistake because Facebook would not do something like that intentionally, it goes against their values of anonymous surfing, but it certainly refers to a statistic that they're keeping, and in between the [minimal] details 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 individuals who browse you one of the most."
- The "Search 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 search for somebody 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 Search For" Theory
A commenter tries the process of removal: "eek-- all right so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no friends, and attempted it. absolutely nothing turned up, which makes sense, trigger it's a whack name. nevertheless, the people i utilize it to stalk didn't appear either, which indicates it can not be tracking the individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook Says You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter declares to go directly to the source: "OK, my good friend emailed her buddy that works for the Good Book and here was the action (emphasis mine): This is the canned action we've been utilizing:
The five pals that you see below the search box are populated based upon individuals whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into account different elements, we attempt to make an informed 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 info is just noticeable to you and will not be shared with your friends. We hope that this function is useful and we appreciate your feedback. Let me know if you have more concerns."