To ask if you've ever been stalked by a stranger on fb?

[bandthenjust]

Currently happening to me... I've blocked their account, but the same person just keeps creating different ones and doing the same stuff. I've reported them, is there anything else I can do?

Could you deactivate your facebook for a few weeks?

Could you maybe even start a new one and change your name?

Mine for instance is Linda Jackson. So I change it to Elle Jacks. Or Elle Jay.

*not my real name.

Unfortunately I have to use it bloody daily; I'd like to not have one at all!

Contact Paladin, and the police. Its a crime.
paladinservice.co.uk/

I haven't but I do no using false names won't help as if they have your mobile number they can put that into the search bar and your account will pop up if you've registered with that phone number.

Thanks for the link UpstartCrow. It's getting depressing

Yes and No
It was not a stranger, it was someone I knew, just making up fake FB accounts, every time I blocked one, they would make another one.

How do you know they are doing it?

I eventually changed my FB settings to only friends of friends could friends request me and then deactivated my FB for a while but set up a new FB account under my previous surname and made sure I had no photos that could link in with me on show.

People who are stalked usually know who it is.

I didn't think you could know if someone was just looking at your profile.
Are they doing more than that?

Reaa I've met this woman once, or actually seen her. She's now found me on FB and been going through posts I forgot about several weeks ago saying really nasty, spiteful shit. Ignored it at first and just let her carry on being an idiot, but it's started getting a bit (for want of a better word) threatening? I've never spoken to the lady irl!

She's doing it through the groups - I don't use messenger or anythin g. I don't have my phone linked to FB. she's literally recogni sed me through my profile picture.

Why do you HAVE to use it?

Sorry not having a go. Just wonder why anyone would have to use facebook?

Yep. I basically followed a minor celeb I liked on twitter and he followed me back, we had the odd bit of banter back and forth on there- all harmless and fun. One of his followers latched onto me as a result and wouldn’t leave me alone. I felt kinda sorry for him, think he was honestly just a lonely middle aged man who barely left the house but it all got a bit far when he professed his undying love for me. Because I didn’t also love him back () he got a bit psychotic and I blocked him. He then found my Dad on twitter and started following him. It was all really, really weird. The ‘celeb’ in question told me this guy had followed him for years and liked literally every single one of his posts. I think he was just a lonely old guy but it was creepy. He’d tried adding me on FB too which I’d declined so he reported me to FB for using a false surname (I didn’t want many people knowing I was on there).

Can you escalate this to FB?

Can't you lock down your profile so non-friends can't see? There's an option to bulk change all your posts to private.

thisneverendingsummer, I HE and it's the only way to connect to those kind of groups. I joined up for that reason alone. The last time I used it was over ten years ago!

OutPinked that's horrible! How long did it go on for?

I also have to have it for work - you need to connect work page to a personal account.

OP could you change your name to a middle name or make it first name middle name? I know it’s not ideal if you’re using groups, but maybe worth a try. The other option is to make a second account with your name, picture and nothing else, just don’t use it for anything but work. Then change to a false name and either no profile pic or a cartoon for personal one?

None of it is ideal, it’s really crap you’re in that position, PP have given good advice on police etc.

bandthenjust
You can block them on FB so they can't see any of your posts but I'm not 100% sure if that works in an actual FB group.

You also need to message and ask them to politely not contact you by any means from now on either directly or indirectly.

You can remove your mobile number from Facebook. That's what I did ages ago just incase, as I didn't like the whole world being able to see who I was by my mobile number. If you don't have a mobile on your account in info, then nothing comes up. I tried it and it works. Although when you do put your phone number on your profile info and even set the padlock which means only you can see it, it is still viewable to the world if they type it in. Only you can see it on your profile in info, so if others ie your friends went on your info your number wouldn't be visible. But to type it in search bar it is.

The account I use has a nickname, picture and that's it! I have '0' friends (lol) as I literally ju st use it for the groups. I've changed all the setting s I can. I reall y don't know what this woman's problem is. She's just urgh, vile :( She's saying stuff like 'I can always find you on International Groups'.

I would recommend changing or starting a new FB under a different variation of your name to use on the groups you are in.

Just read your update, close that FB account down and make up another one using totally opposite details, for example, if you live in the south, you now life in north, if you are 38, you are now 40 etc

You can set how people search for you. Mine is set so people can only search for me by email address.