How To Find Your Facebook Stalker
UPDATE: Well, this post has generated a fair bit of difference! Below, five thoughtful theories attempting to fix this pressing secret:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE right 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 people getting mad at facebook for absolutely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Mistake" Theory
From a Facebook conversation thread: "I believe it's indicated to be individuals whose profiles you take a look at the most, but that they're referring to the incorrect data (human coding error) and it's in fact the 5 who take a look at yours many.
I believe it's a mistake because Facebook wouldn't do something like that intentionally, it breaks their values of anonymous browsing, but it absolutely refers to a statistic that they're keeping, and in between the [limited] details 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 calling up the 5 individuals who search you the many."
- The "Browse 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 somebody with the frequency of times that people search for you and it's an effort at analyzing who your best good friends are."
- The "It's NOT The Individuals You Search For" Theory
A commenter tries the procedure of elimination: "eek-- all right so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no pals, and tried it. nothing showed up, which makes sense, trigger it's a whack name. nevertheless, the individuals i use 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 directly to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her good friend that works for the Great Book and here was the response (emphasis mine): This is the canned reaction we've been using:
The 5 buddies that you see below the search box are inhabited based upon people whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into account various factors, we attempt to make an educated guess regarding who it is you're looking for when you begin typing a name in the search box.
Please keep in mind that this details 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 know if you have more concerns."