How To Find Who Is Stalking You On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has created a fair bit of difference! Listed below, 5 thoughtful theories trying to solve this pushing mystery:
- The "It's People YOU Search For" Theory
A passionate reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE correct that facebook post. it's the 5 individuals whom YOU BROWSE FOR many typically ... not the other way around. it's driving me insane reading through all the remarks seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for absolutely no factor."
- The "It's A Coding Mistake" Theory
From a Facebook discussion thread: "I think it's implied to be individuals whose profiles you look at the most, but that they're describing the wrong stats (human coding error) and it's in fact the 5 who take a look at yours many.
I think it's an error due to the fact that Facebook would not do something like that deliberately, it goes versus their values of anonymous browsing, however it definitely refers to a statistic that they're keeping, and in between the [minimal] details that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my friends), I 'd say they're inadvertently phoning the 5 people who browse you the most."
- 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 look for someone with the frequency of times that individuals search for you and it's an effort at translating who your friends are."
- The "It's NOT The People You Look For" Theory
A commenter attempts the process of elimination: "eek-- all right so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no friends, and attempted it. nothing turned up, makings sense, trigger it's a whack name. however, the people i use it to stalk didn't appear either, which indicates it can not be tracking the people we stalk."
- The "Facebook Says You Like These People" Theory
A commenter declares to go straight to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her good friend that works for the Great Book and here was the action (emphasis mine): This is the canned action we have actually been using:
The 5 pals that you see below the search box are inhabited based on individuals whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into account various aspects, we try to make an educated guess regarding who it is you're trying to find when you begin typing a name in the search box.
Please keep in mind that this info is only noticeable to you and will not be shown your good friends. We hope that this function is practical and we appreciate your feedback. Let me know if you have further questions."