Can You Find Out Who Is Stalking You On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has produced rather a bit of difference! Listed below, five thoughtful theories attempting to solve this pushing secret:
- The "It's People YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE right that facebook post. it's the five people whom YOU LOOK FOR usually ... not the other way around. it's owning me insane reading through all the comments seeing people getting mad at facebook for absolutely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Mistake" Theory
From a Facebook conversation thread: "I presume it's implied to be the people whose profiles you take a look at the most, but that they're referring to the wrong data (human coding error) and it's actually the 5 who take a look at yours a lot of.
I believe it's an error since Facebook would not do something like that intentionally, it breaks their ethos of anonymous browsing, but it certainly describes a statistic that they're keeping, and between the [restricted] information that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my pals), I 'd say they're accidentally calling the 5 people who search you 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 browse for somebody with the frequency of times that people search for you and it's an attempt at analyzing who your finest buddies are."
- The "It's NOT The People You Browse For" Theory
A commenter attempts the process of removal: "eek-- fine so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no good friends, and attempted it. nothing showed up, that makes sense, cause it's a whack name. however, the people i use it to stalk didn't reveal up either, which means it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook Says You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter claims to go directly to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her good friend that works for the Good Book and here was the response (emphasis mine): This is the canned response we have actually been utilizing:
The 5 buddies that you see listed below the search box are populated based on people whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into account different factors, we try to make an educated guess as to who it is you're looking for when you start typing a name in the search box.
Please keep in mind that this details is only visible to you and will not be shown your buddies. We hope that this feature is practical and we value your feedback. Let me know if you have additional concerns."