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Gawker Kills Facebook Stalker Feature?

LeGagneur — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:35:04 EDT

Does anyone know how to navigate to this page:

[www.facebook.com]

Please?

LeGagneur

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ridic — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:12:16 EDT

yeah, mine is now just a list of the first 5 friends on my list.
but damnit, i REALLY want to know what it meant before. where's the geek squad at?

ridic

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OrthoStice1 — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:03:29 EDT

Can people tell me whether or not non Facebook friends are showing up on your lists?

OrthoStice1

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Claystil — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:09:53 EDT

@snuggleupagus: I get the same. It's an alphabetical list starting with my first friend. Either I'm missing the joke or Facebook has changed the feature a second time.

Claystil

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snuggleupagus — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:54:03 EDT

All the . or the space do is give a list of the first 5 people, alphabetically by first name, on my friends list.

snuggleupagus

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ExtensionOfBob — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:37:32 EDT

They issued a statement and took away the feature so as not to confuse us any further.

ExtensionOfBob

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wally13 — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:59:56 EDT

-Ex
-Ex
-Business Partner
-Random
-Stalker

wally13

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justinleon — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:43:05 EDT

It still works. Just hit your spacebar use your arrow down.

justinleon

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Incher_George — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:31:09 EDT

Facebook is adding a lot of new ways of accessing/exporting personal information on third party sites (Facebook Connect) could be related to that.

Incher_George

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rockerking — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:11:01 EDT

oioioi. if my comments here don't show, maybe i am also invisible doing my fb-stalking? Invisible-data-dute!

rockerking

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ZiggyStardust — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:08:57 EDT

I just tried-- not working for me. Ugh, did they diable this new way too?

ZiggyStardust

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freeflushots — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:08:04 EDT

@Jellybeanbonanza: It's probably not what I thought it was but I definitely have not searched for some of these people, let alone enough for them to top other people I remember searching for.

freeflushots

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britneyspearstears — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:03:26 EDT

It gets better:

3) Good Friend
4) Good Friend
5) High School Prom Queen/Head Cheerleader (maybe spoke with once during HS)

britneyspearstears

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Jellybeanbonanza — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:57:54 EDT

@freeflushots: Hm. I think typing in the first letter brings up the people that you search most often and not the other way around.

Jellybeanbonanza

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rockerking — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:57:30 EDT

... and i am huge in brazil. HUGE (2 out of 5).
Nah, must be some algorythmythingy. I have heard about those. They do stuff.
ARG.

rockerking

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famousauthor — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:55:43 EDT

When I pressed it, there were not five. Not even two. In fact, no one is stalking me. Darn!

famousauthor

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Understater — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:51:16 EDT

Maybe it lists the five people who most recently looked at your profile...

Ok. I need to move one from this. Seriously.

Understater

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KirstieAlly — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:49:53 EDT

Ronald Regan looked at me...

KirstieAlly

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rockerking — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:49:20 EDT

chicklets, it can't be the recent searches. seems to me it is a list of the profiles that i/u looked at the most in a certain time-frame.
Mine are all chicks and my, if those are the ones looking at my profiles the most I am waaaaaaaaaaay hotter then i thought. In fact, if true, i will break up my current relationship (number 3, for a 1&2 supermodel sandwhich ...

rockerking

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Multiphasic — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:47:27 EDT

@Hiphopopotamus: I'd be game, but I don't know if I'm emotionally ready to transform all the women who I refuse to admit won't sleep with me into women who just basically won't sleep with me.

Multiphasic

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CarolKat — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:47:24 EDT

@moneyries: haha it's true! that's why i'm dying to know who's stalking who... kinda affects the dynamics of my former, current, and future relationships/ hookups

CarolKat

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freeflushots — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:47:14 EDT

Also, if you pick a random letter it seems to give you a similar list of who searches you most based on THAT LETTER. And the various letters are related to the general list you can get by typing a period.

freeflushots

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the earl grey — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:46:36 EDT

your kiss is on my list

the earl grey

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freeflushots — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:46:17 EDT

My list is as such:

1. VERY recent ex
2. crush i stopped pursuing for said ex
3. see 2
4. a friend i rarely see but who has a crush on me
5. random girl i know very tenuously

Number 5 is famous in my mind for inviting me to way too many applications. I have maybe searched for her twice after forgetting who she even is. That makes me sure the list is of people looking at my page.

freeflushots

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Hiphopopotamus — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:43:24 EDT

Wouldnt the easiest way to solve this be for any one of us to get the balls to just e-mail these 5 people and ask them 'Hi - How often do you look at my profile?'

I call 'Not it'

Hiphopopotamus

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LeanOnSheena — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:40:16 EDT

If you type in <==3 you'll cum on everyone's face

LeanOnSheena

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moneyries — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:38:54 EDT

A friend and I have speculated that it is an index of ones sexual past and a peak into its future.

moneyries

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maevemealone — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:38:34 EDT

Goddamit!!! this explains why all the girls on my ex's friends list made their profiles private!!! Damn you Facebook!

maevemealone

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Lycosidae — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:36:45 EDT

The next time any of us here sees some crazy, off-their-meds person at the 7-11, ranting about the secret government camera implanted inside their brain, we should all be thinking, "There but for the grace of God..."

Whoops...too late!

Lycosidae

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vulturesquadron — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:36:01 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: Only the lights that are actually surveillance cameras.

vulturesquadron

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Conbon — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:32:26 EDT

@arguablythemostfamous: Or a bug zapper.

Conbon

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VirusWithShoes — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:31:31 EDT

I think my lights are broken.

VirusWithShoes

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hamburgerhotdog — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:29:25 EDT

@mitchel_stevens: Is that a place? Because I usually just do my drinking and stalking directly from my bed. Where all the problems originated.

hamburgerhotdog

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FitnessMadeSimple — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:29:23 EDT

@hypocriteoath: When I scroll over your star, Dolph Lundgren pops up and tells me he's going to eat me after a couple hours of moderate to heavy petting.

FitnessMadeSimple

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blogissuchanuglyword — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:27:00 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: if you type "/.--" a list of everyone you have slept with gets forwarded to your boss, parents, and current b/f

blogissuchanuglyword

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surreal — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:26:44 EDT

definitely NOT random. but to be honest it looks like the list of people that i stalk.

surreal

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catsandrita — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:24:56 EDT

IT's the last five people's pages that I have commented on.

catsandrita

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britneyspearstears — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:23:15 EDT

@jann9884:
Word.
For me:
1) Current Girlfriend (expected)
2) Ex-Girlfriend (huh!?)

britneyspearstears

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:22:01 EDT

@hamburgerhotdog: haha. that's totally fair, I guess.
@mitchel_stevens: i'll take that as an admission of guilt!

also, has anyone noticed that you can scroll over people's stars [if they have them] and their connectedness index number shows up? weird. it's like facebook knows we're talking about it.

hypocriteoath

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MisterHippity — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:21:22 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: If you type ==>, everybody on Facebook can see your genitals.

So whatever you do, don't ... well hello there.

MisterHippity

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arguablythemostfamous — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:20:32 EDT

@MisterHippity: yeah it's 5 of your friends but WHICH five of your friends??

Also... regardless of how little I think about an ex, if it turns out that this IS the 5 people who look at your page most, it'd be quite a joy to find out that that dickwad I dated freshman year is still obsessed with me. Because, then I win.

relationships ARE contests, we're all clear on that, yes?

arguablythemostfamous

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Multiphasic — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:20:20 EDT

@Incher_George: Point well taken, as is the point that the part of my brain dedicated to remembering which fucking blogs my exes follow should be, if not freed up for use curing cancer in kittens, then at least obliterated with Stoli and rohypnol.

Multiphasic

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mitchel_stevens — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:18:49 EDT

@hamburgerhotdog:
if your into bitter drinking, films and new media...party at grassroots!

woo!

mitchel_stevens

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arguablythemostfamous — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:18:21 EDT

@Conbon: Right? it's totally weird and inexplicable, and potentially really creepy, and yet I don't want it to go away. It's sort of the Sanjaya of facebook.

arguablythemostfamous

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mitchel_stevens — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:18:17 EDT

@hypocriteoath:
you shut your mouth.

mitchel_stevens

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hamburgerhotdog — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:14:31 EDT

@hypocriteoath: :(
I only look when I'm drunk. And I'm always drunk.

hamburgerhotdog

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katekate is squared — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:13:09 EDT

Mine also still works, but I can't make heads or tails of the people it brings up.

katekate is squared

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What it is — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:12:07 EDT

hate *you*

What it is

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What it is — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:11:33 EDT

damn.....is facebook being really slow and sucking for anyone else today!!? these posts just make the suspense that much worse.
fucking facebook. I hate but I neeeeeeeeed you......

What it is

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MisterHippity — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:22 EDT

Yep, period still works. And they are just five of my facebook friends.

Look does ANYONE see any names that aren't already on their friends list?
(And, if you think the answer is "yes," are you sure you didn't just forget they're on your friends list? Or are you sure you have at least five friends? Or any friends?)

Because I think the list is just five of your friends. And I don't understand what the big deal is.

MisterHippity

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VirusWithShoes — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:09:44 EDT

If you type in "##:~~" the lights flicker.

VirusWithShoes

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Incher_George — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:09:24 EDT

@Multiphasic: BoingBoing? PU, Good riddance

Incher_George

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allyzay — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:08:02 EDT

@hypocriteoath: yeah, srsly. i don't even speak to my exes, the rest of y'all are weirdos. she's just keepin' you around as back-up, dudes! self-esteem insurance! don't be that guy!

allyzay

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Chaim Gnadelstein — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:05:47 EDT

Mine still works. Too bad I only have five friends.

Chaim Gnadelstein

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Hiphopopotamus — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:05:40 EDT

@blogissuchanuglyword: SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Hiphopopotamus

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nespa002 — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:02:44 EDT

Press the space bar instead.

nespa002

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:01:25 EDT

some of you people have EX issues.
CUT THE CORD! DO IT! you'll feel better. promise.

hypocriteoath

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freeflushots — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:00:52 EDT

It also does it for a single quotation mark, apostrophe, and the dash key.

freeflushots

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:00:49 EDT

@Diglett: or are they ROFL? because ROF doesn't sound that fun.

hypocriteoath

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Multiphasic — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:56 EDT

My ex, she reads BoingBoing. So here's hoping there was no cross-posting going down, and that maybe our planned "let's be friends" dinner later this week will be heavier on the vinaigrette than the mace. For once.

Multiphasic

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Diglett — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:57:53 EDT

ok... that's a weird combo of people. i think it's five random friends, and FB is rolling on the floor about this.

Diglett

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YourWildHorses — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:54:41 EDT

Definitely still works with a "." but I'm now of the theory that it is a non-random intentionally mysterious group of 5 people designed to make you talk about facebook. Good job Gawker, you just provided facebook with a platform for viral advertising 2.0!

YourWildHorses

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SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:54:32 EDT

Yeh, it is confirmed. If you put the period in and hit the down arrow key you can definitely still see the 5 names. And my names have not changed and people have been on my page since this am, so it is not the 5 most recent stalker-theory.

@LadlySack: Don't judge.

SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley

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jann9884 — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:54:20 EDT

Its gone, but not before a really uncomfortable g-chat between me and my ex (who apparently reads Gawker as well.) Thanks for nothing, fbook.

jann9884

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twobighands — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:53:58 EDT

@blogissuchanuglyword: Yes, too soon for all the back-patting, it still works.

twobighands

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LadlySack — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:52:26 EDT

You guys are still fucking talking about this? Losers.

LadlySack

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Unfun — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:50:48 EDT

Those fuckers! I mean, yay!

Unfun

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Conbon — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:50:26 EDT

@allyzay: AHHHHH!

Conbon

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EleanorRigby — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:58 EDT

I'm pretty sure you deserve an award of some sort of this really is the case.

EleanorRigby

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Conbon — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:37 EDT

Well now I kind of miss it.

Conbon

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SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:04 EDT

@CarolKat: I know, this quandry is getting LOST in its epic-ness.

SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley

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allyzay — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:48:39 EDT

put a period instead

allyzay

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SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:48:32 EDT

Damn, that's like what Clooney tried to do to GawkerStalker a few summers ago but failed at miserably and just made more people read both the site & the feature he wanted people to ignore.

Except, you guys were successful and he wasnt. Though he is dating that hot ex-cocktail waitress, so I guess he always wins...

SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley

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blogissuchanuglyword — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:47:30 EDT

justt use "." instead of the down arrow - it still works H

blogissuchanuglyword

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CarolKat — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:47:21 EDT

ahhh... now i'm left with five profiles that haunt me... who's stalking who!?!? the answers are really important- please someone solve the mystery!

CarolKat