Who Stalks My Facebook
UPDATE: Well, this post has created a fair bit of difference! Listed below, 5 thoughtful theories attempting to resolve this pushing secret:
- The "It's Individuals YOU Look For" Theory
An enthusiastic reader composes: "jesus ... PLEASE proper that facebook post. it's the five people whom YOU LOOK FOR usually ... not the other method around. it's driving me crazy reading through all the comments seeing individuals getting mad at facebook for absolutely no reason."
- The "It's A Coding Mistake" Theory
From a Facebook discussion thread: "I suspect it's suggested to be the individuals whose profiles you take a look at the most, but that they're referring to the incorrect statistics (human coding mistake) and it's in fact the 5 who take a look at yours many.
I believe it's an error since Facebook wouldn't do something like that intentionally, it breaks their ethos of confidential browsing, but it definitely describes a figure that they're keeping, and in between the [minimal] information that the coding context provides and the nature of the names (after cross-referencing with 7 of my buddies), I 'd say they're accidentally phoning the 5 people 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 search for someone with the frequency of times that individuals look for you and it's an attempt at analyzing who your finest buddies are."
- The "It's NOT Individual You Search For" Theory
A commenter tries the procedure of elimination: "eek-- okay so i went on my secret stalking-only facebook page, where i have no friends, and tried it. nothing came up, makings sense, cause it's a whack name. however, the people i use it to stalk didn't appear either, which indicates it can not be tracking individuals we stalk."
- The "Facebook Says You Like These People" Theory
A commenter claims to go straight to the source: "OK, my friend emailed her pal that works for the Excellent Book and here was the action (focus mine): This is the canned response we've been using:
The five good friends that you see below the search box are populated based on people whom we think you 'd be most interested in. Considering various factors, we try to make an educated guess regarding who it is you're looking for when you begin typing a name in the search box.
Please note that this details is just noticeable to you and will not be shared with your buddies. We hope that this feature is useful and we value your feedback. Let me understand if you have further questions."