Admit it, we all want to know. We want the power to see who’s been stalking us on Facebook, but under no circumstances, do we want anyone else in the world to have these powers. This is why, a year or so ago I began to research ways you are supposed to know who’s checking you out. Facebook swears there is 0 way but as one of my co-workers said, of course they’re going to say there isn’t a way. On geeky chat sites, I’ve come across 2 methods. It’s now up to you to decide if this is legit or just a fool’s dream. So try it out and tell me if you think it’s the real deal.
Option 1
- Go on to your own Facebook page. Not your feed grandma, that’s your page.
- Right click with your mouse and select VIEW PAGE SOURCE. Another tab will come up.
- Once on this new page, click CTRL+F and enter INITIAL CHATS FRIENDS LIST.
- Your cursor will be taken to these words in the sea of code. Next to INITIAL CHATS FRIENDS LIST there will be a list of numbers. Each one of us are assigned a code and these numbers represent our code. Copy the first set of numbers.
- Go back on your Facebook page and remove your name after the \ and enter the set of numbers. Hit enter.
- Supposedly, that person is the last person that viewed your profile. You can repeat with the 2nd set of numbers, 3rd, etc.
Option 2
I think I believe this one more. Basically, if someone’s been trolling you but you aren’t friends with them, I hypothesize that Facebook’s uses it’s algorithm to place them in your “People You May Know.” Now maybe it’s because that person is friends with someone you are friends with but I don’t know. I’m just throwing it out there.
So what do you think? Did you try option 1? I have to admit, it’s intriguing! Happy stalking! Happy trolling!
I’m not sure I would want to know who has been looking at my page haha! not that I have too much on it now a days to warrant anyone really stalking me….
I could be a nun, doing the work of the Lord and want to check who’s checking out my Facebook page. I want to know everything. Nibby? Perhaps.
LOL well if you are doing the work of the Lord then by all means 😉
I totally want to know who’s creeping on my blog page, too!
Well, can’t help with your blog unless you self host then you can do google.com/analytics and see what cities are visiting you.
I know ?
Ok, my comment to your comment made no sense. Thats what happens after 3 glasses of wine! I’m a dork!
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This is not something I have really given much thought to….I know a lot of people want to know this, as well as who looks at your LinkedIn profile. I just…don’t care? What I don’t know won’t hurt me, I guess….(I know I’m weird. I am curious about a lot of things, just not that one.)
No, completely makes sense. I think it’s more important to folks who maybe have a crush on someone and want to see if that person is interested too? I don’t know, their could be a million reasons.
I think most folks are just basically curious. Like that quote….”“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” Eleanor Roosevelt. LOL
Working in HR I learn ENTIRELY TOO MUCH so maybe that’s why I don’t care so much about who’s peeping onto my social media?
oh I bet that is why! And great quote. I’ve never heard that before.
Do you find it slightly creepy when friends mention something about your life that you shared on fb, but you had no idea they looked at!? I do!
Because of that, when I look at things on fb I normally leave a reaction (or a comment…) Otherwise they won’t know that I’ve seen things. I’m similar with blogs, I can’t help but press like or comment when I like them. 😀
That first option does sound like quite a lot of work though! Plus how can you work out which number corresponds with each friend!?
Once you identified the number, you plug it into the url. That friend is supposed to be the last that was there.
Oooh! did you try it!? Did it seem like a likely suspect? 😀
I did try it and it is is plausible.
I’ve suspected the second one might be a thing, when someone I met a couple of times in real life (but have zero friends in common) has shown up in my “people you might know” section. Since I don’t check in at places on Facebook (because I’m paranoid and also anyone who might care where I am is right there with me) it can’t be that they knew we were there together… Which means I really only need to worry about Facebook outing me to an ex if I start seeing them as a suggestion on my side as well, right? (Of course I stalk – some of them have gone bald and had really ugly babies! It’s the best.)
What I do not know, cannot hurt me, so I will not bother to check it out, but good to know that one do have the ability to do it.