Isn't that a really melodramatic title? Not really the end of Facebook, but it does strike at its heart: the possibility of knowing who searches you. (If you're having trouble getting it to work for you, type a period into the search box and then hit the down arrow.) Drew brought this to my attention, and, in an effort to figure out what this list of five people indicates (the most recent five people who searched you? the most frequent five people who search you? five random people?), we tried repeatedly searching each other to see if we would show up one each other's lists. No dice. Possibly the thing is not updated frequently? I even checked Nigel the cat's profile and learned that one of his most recent/frequent/random stalkers was my boss. So, really, what can this list mean? Any answers to this great mystery would be much appreciated. Otherwise, as Drew sagely points out, "This thing is going to cripple the economy when it completely takes out the recent postgrad labor force."
UPDATE: The fun is over.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Whenever I type something into the box, it tries to match it with my friends list -- if I put in an L it'll bring up five friends with first or last names starting with L. Putting a period just makes it bring up my first five friends alphabetically. This seems like a reasonable feature to include.
The people who come up for me aren't alphabetical.
Wait, now they are. But they weren't earlier. Hm...
My people were totally random. If this is who's stalking me, I'm unimpressed.
One can only hope. If your headline proves to be true, perhaps one might once again get those under the age of 25 to start checking/answering their email again.
Mine were all alphabetical. Maybe they changed it.
Mine were not. Did the period trick though.
Phoebe: No, it apparently is whom you're stalking.
Mgc: Oh, to return to the good old days.
It's really not, though. Unless I am on a subconscious level, and I doubt facebook's that advanced.
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