Who Has Been Stalking Me On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually created a fair bit of disagreement! Listed below, 5 thoughtful theories attempting to fix this pushing secret:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
A passionate reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE right that facebook post. it's the five individuals whom YOU LOOK FOR usually ... not the other method around. it's owning me insane reading through all the remarks seeing people getting mad at facebook for absolutely no factor."
- The "It's A Coding Error" Theory
From a Facebook conversation thread: "I suspect it's meant to be the individuals whose profiles you take a look at the most, but that they're referring to the wrong stats (human coding mistake) and it's really the 5 who take a look at yours a lot of.
I think it's a mistake since Facebook would not do something like that intentionally, it breaks their ethos of anonymous surfing, but it definitely describes a fact that they're keeping, and in between the [restricted] details 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 up the 5 individuals who browse you one of the most."
- 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 look for someone with the frequency of times that people search for you and it's an effort at translating who your finest good friends are."
- The "It's NOT The Individuals You Look For" Theory
A commenter attempts the procedure of elimination: "eek-- alright so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no buddies, and tried it. nothing came up, which makes sense, trigger it's a whack name. however, the people i use it to stalk didn't appear either, which indicates it can not be tracking the individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter claims to go straight to the source: "OK, my good friend emailed her pal that works for the Great Book and here was the response (focus mine): This is the canned response we have actually been utilizing:
The five buddies that you see listed below the search box are inhabited based on people whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Considering different aspects, we try to make an informed guess as to who it is you're searching for when you begin typing a name in the search box.
Please keep in mind that this info is just noticeable to you and will not be shown your good friends. We hope that this feature is valuable and we value your feedback. Let me understand if you have additional questions."