How To Tell If Someone Is Stalking You On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually produced a fair bit of difference! Listed below, five thoughtful theories attempting to fix this pushing mystery:
- The "It's People YOU Search For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE appropriate that facebook post. it's the 5 individuals whom YOU LOOK FOR usually ... not the other way around. it's owning me crazy reading through all the comments seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for absolutely no factor."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook conversation thread: "I believe it's suggested to be the individuals whose profiles you take a look at the most, but that they're referring to the wrong stats (human coding mistake) and it's really the 5 who take a look at yours a lot of.
I believe it's a mistake since Facebook would not do something like that intentionally, it breaks their ethos of anonymous browsing, but it certainly refers to a statistic that they're keeping, and between the [minimal] info that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my good friends), I 'd state they're accidentally calling up the 5 individuals who search you 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 people look for you and it's an attempt at analyzing who your best good friends are."
- The "It's NOT The Individuals You Browse For" Theory
A commenter attempts the process of elimination: "eek-- alright so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no good friends, and tried it. nothing turned up, that makes sense, trigger it's a whack name. nevertheless, the individuals i utilize 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 directly 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 action we've been utilizing:
The five buddies that you see listed below the search box are inhabited based upon people whom we think you 'd be most interested in. Considering numerous aspects, we attempt to make an educated guess regarding who it is you're trying to find when you begin typing a name in the search box.
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