Can people tell if you look at their social media? If so, how?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“People you may know” also connects you to people who have been close to you (or your phones have been close) recently. I’m a bartender and the day after my shift I sometimes see people who I served the night before.

That's creepy as hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“People you may know” also connects you to people who have been close to you (or your phones have been close) recently. I’m a bartender and the day after my shift I sometimes see people who I served the night before.

That's creepy as hell.

Yup. The amount of info we choose to give away to these companies is horrifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“People you may know” also connects you to people who have been close to you (or your phones have been close) recently. I’m a bartender and the day after my shift I sometimes see people who I served the night before.

This. Also, I've noticed if I add a new contact in my phone and their email or phone number is linked to their Facebook account, they come up as a suggested friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I'm pretty sure an old email account was hacked. Is there a way, obscure or not, to confirm who was getting into the account?

Looks like there is third party software that lets you do it. Yikes. But of course in your situation it makes sense to try. I hope the hack wasn’t too serious!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2017/10/13/how-check-if-someone-has-read-your-email/761101001/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I'm pretty sure an old email account was hacked. Is there a way, obscure or not, to confirm who was getting into the account?

The Russians or Chinese

[Anonymous]

Spouse and I have no social media, other than my private Instagram account of 30 family members. Spouse deleted LinkedIn fairly recently since it’s been one a dating/hook up site and full of creepers.

I am an extrovert, but a very private person. I don’t like people taking photos of me and blasting them all over their social media accounts without my knowledge.

We teach have a very low Internet presence to our kids and the face that what’s out there is there forever.

I have teen boys, but it seems like there has been a turn and they and they’re friends have very little social media presence. They may follow but not post.

[Anonymous]

^* yikes lots of grammar and autocorrect in there but you get my point

Lots of lonely hearts and miserable people in old age looking to start something

[Anonymous]

Classmates provides a list of who has visited your account.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Twitter no. LinkedIn yes.

OP here. I knew about the LinkedIn one, too. Though there is a “private browsing” option where it won’t disclose your name. It means you also can’t see who viewed your profile, but it’s useful if you ever want to go on a “where are they now” binge if old classmates without any of them finding out!

What about Facebook or Instagram, other than stories? Is their any way for someone to know you are looking at their profile? I just can’t figure out how they would know, but my friend is convinced.

On Facebook, you’re right about the algorithm suggesting friends from people that look at your profile. Usually not only if they look once though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Twitter no. LinkedIn yes.

OP here. I knew about the LinkedIn one, too. Though there is a “private browsing” option where it won’t disclose your name. It means you also can’t see who viewed your profile, but it’s useful if you ever want to go on a “where are they now” binge if old classmates without any of them finding out!

What about Facebook or Instagram, other than stories? Is their any way for someone to know you are looking at their profile? I just can’t figure out how they would know, but my friend is convinced.

On Facebook, you’re right about the algorithm suggesting friends from people that look at your profile. Usually not only if they look once though.

But people have no way to know if that's why you are showing up. Especially if you have mutual friends, which I always do with people I am snooping. There are lots of way to show up on "people you may know" so its nothing like Linkedin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm convinced that FB and IG sometimes put non-friends who you look at in one another's "people you might know" lists. I had a creepy co-worker once who was always pressuring me for various details about my life -- the kind of person who I suspected might indulge in online sleuthing about me, in other words -- and despite having no friends in common he was constantly popping up as a "person you might know."

Yup, they do.

[Anonymous]

Quick answer to your actual question of if people can see if you've looked at their social media:
Facebook: no
Instagram stories: yes
Instagram profile: no
Snapchat: yes
LinkedIn: yes
TikTok: no
Twitter: no

[Anonymous]

I've always been told that if you look at someone's FB (not sure if it's once or requires multiple looks) you will be suggested as a friend to them under "people you may know."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm convinced that FB and IG sometimes put non-friends who you look at in one another's "people you might know" lists. I had a creepy co-worker once who was always pressuring me for various details about my life -- the kind of person who I suspected might indulge in online sleuthing about me, in other words -- and despite having no friends in common he was constantly popping up as a "person you might know."

Yup, they do.

This is true but hard to pin down. If you work with someone, they also might be popping up in "person you might know" if FB/IG has figured out where you both work (which they probably have, even if you didn't tell them!). It's also possible he was stalking you online, especially if he was also inappropriate IRL. But I think the theory that if someone with whom you don't have mutual friends pops up in your "person you may know" list, it automatically means they are looking you up is deeply flawed. These apps are collecting all kinds of info on you. Unless they are a total stranger (which a coworker is not) there are lots of ways they can wind up on that list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've always been told that if you look at someone's FB (not sure if it's once or requires multiple looks) you will be suggested as a friend to them under "people you may know."

But if you are already friends this won't work. I think a lot of Facebook profile stalking happens between people who are connected. There is absolutely no way to track this, but some people act like there is.