How To Tell If Someone Is Facebook Stalking You
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually generated quite a bit of difference! Listed below, five thoughtful theories attempting to solve this pressing mystery:
- The "It's People YOU Search For" Theory
A passionate reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE right that facebook post. it's the five individuals whom YOU LOOK FOR a lot of often ... not the other way around. it's owning me insane reading through all the remarks seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for absolutely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook conversation thread: "I think it's implied to be the people whose profiles you look at the most, but that they're referring to the incorrect statistics (human coding error) and it's really the 5 who look at yours a lot of.
I believe it's an error because Facebook would not do something like that deliberately, it goes against their ethos of anonymous surfing, however it definitely refers to a statistic that they're keeping, and between the [limited] info that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my friends), I 'd state they're mistakenly phoning the 5 individuals who search you the a lot of."
- The "Search Frequency" Theory
A reader tries to parse the Facebook algorithm: "I have a theory. I think it's matching the frequency of times that you search for somebody with the frequency of times that people look for you and it's an attempt at translating who your buddies are."
- The "It's NOT The Individuals You Search For" Theory
A commenter tries the process of removal: "eek-- okay so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no buddies, and tried it. absolutely nothing came up, makings sense, cause it's a whack name. nevertheless, the individuals i use it to stalk didn't reveal up either, which implies it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook Says You Like These People" Theory
A commenter declares to go straight to the source: "OK, my buddy emailed her good friend that works for the Excellent Book and here was the response (emphasis mine): This is the canned response we have actually been utilizing:
The 5 friends that you see below the search box are inhabited based on individuals whom we believe you 'd be most interested in. Taking into consideration various elements, we try to make an educated guess regarding who it is you're searching 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 shared with your good friends. We hope that this function is handy and we value your feedback. Let me understand if you have more concerns."