How To Know If Someone Is Stalking You On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has generated a fair bit of disagreement! Listed below, five thoughtful theories trying to resolve this pushing mystery:
- The "It's People YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE proper that facebook post. it's the 5 people whom YOU LOOK FOR most typically ... not the other way around. it's owning me insane reading through all the remarks seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for absolutely no factor."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook discussion thread: "I believe it's suggested to be individuals whose profiles you look at the most, however that they're describing the wrong statistics (human coding mistake) and it's really the 5 who take a look at yours most.
I believe it's an error because Facebook would not do something like that deliberately, it goes versus their values of confidential browsing, but it definitely refers to a statistic that they're keeping, and in between the [limited] information that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my buddies), I 'd state they're accidentally phoning the 5 individuals who search you one of the most."
- The "Browse 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 someone with the frequency of times that individuals look for you and it's an effort at analyzing who your buddies are."
- The "It's NOT Individual You Look For" Theory
A commenter tries the process of removal: "eek-- alright so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no good friends, and tried it. nothing showed up, which makes sense, trigger it's a whack name. nevertheless, the individuals i utilize it to stalk didn't reveal up either, which indicates it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These People" Theory
A commenter claims to go directly to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her friend that works for the Good Book and here was the action (focus mine): This is the canned reaction we've been utilizing:
The 5 friends that you see below the search box are populated based on individuals whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into account various elements, we attempt to make an educated guess regarding who it is you're searching for when you start typing a name in the search box.
Please note that this details is only noticeable to you and will not be shown your good friends. We hope that this function is handy and we appreciate your feedback. Let me understand if you have additional concerns."