Facebook People You May Know Stalking
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually produced a fair bit of difference! Below, five thoughtful theories trying to solve this pressing mystery:
- The "It's People YOU Search For" Theory
A passionate reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE appropriate that facebook post. it's the five people whom YOU LOOK FOR usually ... not the other method around. it's owning me insane reading through all the remarks seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for definitely no factor."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook discussion thread: "I presume it's meant to be the individuals whose profiles you look at the most, but that they're referring to the wrong data (human coding mistake) and it's in fact the 5 who look at yours the majority of.
I think it's an error due to the fact that Facebook wouldn't do something like that intentionally, it breaks their values of confidential browsing, however it absolutely describes a fact that they're keeping, and in between the [limited] info that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my pals), I 'd say they're inadvertently contacting the 5 individuals who browse you the a lot of."
- The "Browse 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 look for somebody with the frequency of times that individuals search for you and it's an effort at analyzing who your buddies are."
- The "It's NOT The Individuals You Search For" Theory
A commenter attempts the procedure of removal: "eek-- fine so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no good friends, and tried it. nothing came up, which makes sense, trigger it's a whack name. however, the individuals i utilize it to stalk didn't reveal up either, which means it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook Says You Like These People" Theory
A commenter claims to go directly to the source: "OK, my good friend emailed her friend that works for the Excellent Book and here was the response (focus mine): This is the canned response we've been utilizing:
The 5 buddies that you see listed below the search box are populated based upon individuals whom we think you 'd be most thinking about. Considering different factors, we try to make an informed 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 details is just visible to you and will not be shown your good friends. We hope that this function is helpful and we value your feedback. Let me understand if you have more questions."