Who Is Stalking Me On Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has actually created rather a bit of dispute! Below, five thoughtful theories attempting to fix this pushing mystery:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader writes: "jesus ... PLEASE appropriate that facebook post. it's the five individuals whom YOU SEARCH FOR frequently ... not the other way around. it's driving me crazy 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 discussion thread: "I presume it's meant to be the people whose profiles you look at the most, however that they're referring to the wrong data (human coding error) and it's in fact the 5 who take a look at yours a lot of.
I think it's a mistake because Facebook wouldn't do something like that intentionally, it goes against their principles of confidential surfing, however it definitely describes a figure that they're keeping, and between the [restricted] information that the coding context gives and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my pals), I 'd state they're unintentionally calling up the 5 people who search you the many."
- The "Search 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 look for you and it's an effort at interpreting who your friends are."
- The "It's NOT Individual 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 friends, and attempted it. absolutely nothing showed up, that makes sense, cause it's a whack name. however, individuals i use it to stalk didn't reveal up either, which suggests it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook States You Like These Individuals" Theory
A commenter claims to go directly to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her pal that works for the Excellent Book and here was the reaction (emphasis mine): This is the canned response we've been utilizing:
The five good friends that you see below the search box are populated based on people whom we believe you 'd be most thinking about. Taking into consideration numerous aspects, we attempt to make an informed guess as to who it is you're looking for when you start typing a name in the search box.
Please note that this details is only visible to you and will not be shown your buddies. We hope that this feature is useful and we appreciate your feedback. Let me know if you have further concerns."