How To Find Out Who Stalks Your Facebook Page
UPDATE: Well, this post has generated a fair bit of argument! Below, five thoughtful theories attempting to resolve this pressing mystery:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Search For" Theory
A passionate reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE right that facebook post. it's the five people whom YOU BROWSE FOR usually ... not the other way around. it's driving me crazy reading through all the comments seeing people getting mad at facebook for absolutely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook discussion thread: "I believe it's implied to be the people whose profiles you look at the most, however that they're referring to the incorrect statistics (human coding mistake) and it's in fact the 5 who look at yours most.
I believe it's a mistake due to the fact that Facebook wouldn't do something like that deliberately, it goes versus their principles of confidential surfing, however it definitely describes a statistic 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 pals), I 'd state they're unintentionally calling the 5 people 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 look for someone with the frequency of times that individuals look for you and it's an attempt at analyzing who your buddies are."
- The "It's NOT The People You Look For" Theory
A commenter tries the procedure of removal: "eek-- all right so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no pals, and attempted it. nothing came up, that makes sense, cause it's a whack name. however, individuals i use it to stalk didn't show up either, which indicates it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook Says You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter declares to go directly to the source: "OK, my buddy emailed her friend that works for the Good Book and here was the reaction (emphasis mine): This is the canned response we have actually been utilizing:
The five good friends that you see listed below the search box are inhabited based upon people whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into account numerous factors, we try to make an educated guess regarding 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 only visible to you and will not be shown your good friends. We hope that this feature is helpful and we value your feedback. Let me understand if you have more questions."