If someone makes the mistake of friending a cyberstalker on Facebook, there are ways to identify that person. According to Chen (2011), by doing a few simple refreshes and a few clicks, people can easily see who has most recently been looking at their Facebook profile, as well as who their top stalkers are. The first method Chen (2011) suggested is that Facebook users should refresh their profile page and see which friends constantly appear on their profile. In most cases, the people that appear on users’ profile pages are the people that have looked at their profile the most over a short period of time. The second method is to type in the first letter of each character of the alphabet on a search bar. The first name that appears is either the person that the user browsed or the person that browsed the user (Chen, 2011). Additionally, people can discover who has looked at their profiles on Facebook by merely looking at Facebook’s friend suggestions (Chen, 2011). Chen (2011) stated that a person should be extremely cautious when finding someone who does not share mutual friends.
(Cyberstalking on Facebook makes the news. This video is a clip from CBS 12 News. I did not create this video. Click here to view the video clip on YouTube. Credit goes to VoteTomWhatley for uploading this to YouTube.)
References
Chen, E. (2011). Who is stalking you on Facebook? Who is your biggest fan?
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