Facebook ! Is it true if you stalk people you will come up on their friends you might know list?

[bigchris]

Please tell me it isn't so ?

Iabu to be freaked out by this !

[annfield62]

Op who are you stalking and why ?

[reflexfaith]

it's the all seeing eye, even people who dont have an account are profiled by facebook

[TheDowagerCuntess]

There's nothing wrong with looking people up, you just don't necessarily want some people to know you've done it!

[Damnthatonestaken]

Exactly. Looking people upis how fb works! It doesn't make you a stalker, unless perhaps they keep rejecting your friend requests but you keep sending them

[danTDM]

Ovienna Yes, I said up thread, beyond all shadow of a doubt, facebook has my DH's email contact list and suggests ALL his contacts as friends to me, as I am his only fiend He doesn't use facebook at all.

Basically, it accesses info in so many ways you CANNOT be sure you are being stalked AT ALL. Especially the doctors, headteacher, dentists scenario. It's worrying as it's a tad egotistical to be thinking FYMK are stalkers, some may be. but most there are other reasons.

Many people have proved this on the thread. (Thank God!)

As a PP poster said, what's wrong with looking people up anyway, it's what it's for!

[OVienna]

Facebook seems to have accessed my list of contacts...I have some clients coming up now.

[G1raffe]

and people accidently friend requeation the people they'd been stalking.

[G1raffe]

I think a lot of above coincidences are location.

Dentists, GPS, salespeople, clients (even if phone is 2 floors "up" it will look like the same location won't it).

Also it accesses contacts in your phone so may suggest you know people in your phone...

[southeastdweller]

Again, location services is the likely reason for a lot of these people coming up on your PYMK. I don't think most people can be arsed bothering to look other people up on FB for a nosey without wanting to add them, especially G.P's/car salesmen/dentists/teachers etc.

[Booboo66]

This wouldn't surprise me at all .. It's nothing compared to the pop up ads for things I've discussed with a real person, not even on the phone while my phone has been in the vicinity. Now THAT is freaky. First time I thought it was a coincidence. Not so much now!

[Timmytoo]

What’s also strange is how did he know I was checking out his profile. I do social media management for my work and my phone number is on my profile as it also serves as a work phone. But I checked my activity log to see if I’d accidentally liked a photo or something but nothing’s there. He told me I messaged him which I hadn’t at all. It’s so strange.

[Timmytoo]

It was just yesterday as well Chris, my knees literally felt like they turned into jelly! I nearly hung up on him as I didn’t know what to say.

So basically we were catching up on the last 20 years and then afterwards he text me to say that he never got over me. He still loves me etc etc!!

It had taken me years to get over him as there’s nothing like a first love. Anyway I just feel really confused and wierd and why is he saying this now after all these years when we’ve both moved on and so much has happened in between.

I broke up with him as he was brought up in a very different very old fashioned way compared to how I was brought up and I couldn’t foresee myself as the little lady in the kitchen which is how his parents and Sister lived (to be fair he wasn’t like that but his family were and as they were always around I couldn’t really escape it). He tried to get back with me after a few months but I was with someone else.

[bigchris]

Timmy! What did you say ?!

[Timmytoo]

I don’t know as I was face stalking my ex (first love) of twenty years ago and then I get a call from him the following day saying he was still in love with me .

[Purplealienpuke]

Dgd headmistress came up as someone I may know! I definitely don't have her stored anywhere in my devices! Nor do I have friends in common (can't stand the woman, think miss trunchball!!) I can only assume she's checked me out!
I wish there was a way to stalk without being seen on fb!! 😉🤔

[PenelopeFlintstone]

It's true. I've tested it.

[TylwythTeg]

I would say it's true... recently I noticed two people on my list who I have certainly not looked at and have no connection with myself... one of which was a client I met briefly, another was a colleague of my husband's! Very strange!

[lukeymom]

Surely it's normal to look someone up? That's how you find someone on Facebook. Why is it stalking? I have looked lots of people from my past up. They never come up on people I might know list. I doubt it will show on their feed.

[Autumnchill]

Well in my current list is a relative of an ex colleague (same unusual surname). I liked his photo in New York a couple of days ago. I haven't looked at her and I highly doubt she's bothered looking at me as well as the other 102 people that liked the photo!

[TheDowagerCuntess]

I don't think any of us can categorically say that FB absolutely does or does not suggest you in the lists of people you've stalked.

But I think you'd be naive to believe that it absolutely does not. What's the point of social media, if not to do exactly this sort of thing? And FB will clearly have the capability to do it.

[cheval]

@LucieLucie I know! Regretted working that one out. Have learned to be more cautious online.

[LucieLucie]

@cheval yes LinkedIn absolutely does notify the person every time they get a profile view with “Cheval viewed your profile” email and alert.
If you were stalking an ex on there he would absolutely know you looked him up first!!

[lostincumbria]

Absolutely not true, but hey, why let that get in the way of what you think.
www.google.co.uk/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/521264001/

[cheval]

Facebook absolutely does this. Also. LinkedIn. Stalked a long-distant boyfriend on there. Found him. And guess what, after that, LinkedIn told me he'd then been looking at my account! Who's stalking who?! Internet is a bad ting,

[Minidoghugs]

Omg I think my dentist is stalking me