How To Catch A Facebook Stalker
UPDATE: Well, this post has generated rather a bit of difference! Listed below, five thoughtful theories attempting to resolve this pressing mystery:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
A passionate reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE proper that facebook post. it's the 5 people whom YOU BROWSE FOR most typically ... not the other method around. it's owning me crazy 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 suspect it's implied to be the individuals whose profiles you look at the most, but that they're referring to the incorrect statistics (human coding error) and it's in fact the 5 who look at yours most.
I think it's an error because Facebook would not do something like that deliberately, it breaks their principles of confidential surfing, but it absolutely describes a figure that they're keeping, and between the [restricted] details that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my buddies), I 'd say they're inadvertently calling up the 5 individuals 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 somebody with the frequency of times that people look for you and it's an effort at interpreting who your friends are."
- The "It's NOT Individual You Browse For" Theory
A commenter tries the process of removal: "eek-- all right so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no pals, and tried it. absolutely nothing showed up, which makes sense, trigger it's a whack name. however, the people i utilize it to stalk didn't appear either, which suggests it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter declares to go straight to the source: "OK, my pal emailed her good friend that works for the Excellent Book and here was the reaction (emphasis mine): This is the canned action we've been utilizing:
The 5 pals that you see below the search box are inhabited based upon people whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into account numerous elements, we try to make an informed guess as to who it is you're trying to find when you begin typing a name in the search box.
Please note that this information is just visible to you and will not be shown your good friends. We hope that this feature is valuable and we appreciate your feedback. Let me understand if you have further concerns."