How To Find Facebook Stalkers
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually created quite a bit of disagreement! Below, five thoughtful theories trying to resolve this pressing mystery:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Browse For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE proper that facebook post. it's the 5 people whom YOU LOOK FOR the majority of frequently ... not the other way around. it's driving me insane reading through all the comments seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for definitely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook discussion thread: "I suspect it's implied to be individuals whose profiles you look at the most, however that they're describing the wrong statistics (human coding error) and it's really the 5 who take a look at yours most.
I think it's an error since Facebook would not do something like that deliberately, it goes against their principles of confidential surfing, but it absolutely describes a figure that they're keeping, and between the [minimal] information that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my pals), I 'd state they're mistakenly contacting the 5 individuals who search you one of the most."
- The "Search Frequency" Theory
A reader tries to parse the Facebook algorithm: "I have a theory. I believe it's matching the frequency of times that you search for someone with the frequency of times that people search for you and it's an attempt at interpreting who your friends are."
- The "It's NOT Individual You Look For" Theory
A commenter attempts the process of elimination: "eek-- okay so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no pals, and tried it. absolutely nothing showed up, that makes sense, cause it's a whack name. however, individuals i utilize it to stalk didn't appear either, which suggests it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook Says You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter declares to go directly 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've been using:
The five pals that you see below the search box are populated based on people whom we think you 'd be most thinking about. Considering numerous aspects, we attempt to make an informed guess regarding who it is you're trying to find when you start typing a name in the search box.
Please note that this details is only visible to you and will not be shown your good friends. We hope that this function is useful and we appreciate your feedback. Let me understand if you have more concerns."