Who's Stalking You On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually created rather a bit of disagreement! Below, five thoughtful theories attempting to fix this pressing secret:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE appropriate that facebook post. it's the five individuals whom YOU BROWSE FOR frequently ... not the other method 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 presume it's implied to be the people whose profiles you look at the most, however that they're describing the wrong stats (human coding mistake) and it's actually the 5 who take a look at yours many.
I believe it's a mistake since Facebook would not do something like that deliberately, it breaks their values of anonymous surfing, however it absolutely describes a statistic that they're keeping, and in between the [restricted] info that the coding context gives and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my buddies), I 'd state they're inadvertently contacting the 5 people who browse you the many."
- The "Search Frequency" Theory
A reader attempts to parse the Facebook algorithm: "I have a theory. I think it's matching the frequency of times that you search for someone with the frequency of times that individuals look for you and it's an effort at translating who your best buddies are."
- The "It's NOT The Individuals You Browse For" Theory
A commenter tries the process of removal: "eek-- fine so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no pals, and tried it. absolutely nothing showed up, makings sense, trigger it's a whack name. nevertheless, individuals i use it to stalk didn't reveal up either, which means it can not be tracking the people we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter declares to go directly to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her friend that works for the Good Book and here was the reaction (focus mine): This is the canned response we've been utilizing:
The five buddies that you see below the search box are populated based upon people whom we believe you 'd be most interested in. Taking into account different aspects, we try to make an educated guess as to who it is you're searching for when you begin typing a name in the search box.
Please note that this information is only noticeable to you and will not be shown your good friends. We hope that this feature is helpful and we value your feedback. Let me understand if you have further concerns."