With the advancement of technology it has become increasingly easier to know intricate details about other peoples' lives. With a click of a few buttons you can know what music they are into, their favorite movie, places they've been, they're accomplishments etc. all before you even meet them in person. But what discerns you from being a stalker* and being a stalker** (there is a big difference between the two!)?
1) Looking at profile pictures
To avoid being a stalker proper protocol insists that you only look at the 3 most recent profile pictures. That means you're allowed to press their profile picture and click the right scroll button twice. And if you don't know the person the left scroll button is completely off bounds! You've never even met the person before and you want to see what they looked like when they were in 8th grade?
2) Scrolling through their wall
To avoid being a stalker only go as far as you need to. Which means, unless they have explicitly given you permission, no more than 6 months is ever necessary and even that is stretching it a little. If you haven't met them before you have no business knowing what they did prior to the 6 month deadline because 6 months is a long time and anything stupid they've done can be condoned (since they've "grown up" since the time, and anything super-cool will undoubtedly be mentioned again). However exceptions always apply (for instance if someone mentioned something from 2 years ago you can always do a fact check on facebook).
3) Likes and dislikes
Go through everything! Do you really want to be friends with someone who doesn't like your favorite show, musician, or movie? That's exactly what I thought. But seriously, if you're going to look up a person and look at their likes, you might as well check everything out. It can tell you a lot of about the type of person they really are.
*stalker- someone who causes determines information of someone they know first hand and therefore the act of online stalking is not as sketchy
**stalker- has never actually met the person and chances of meeting are slim. However this person goes through the person's social media profile in order to determine more about the person. Stalkers are borderline sketchtastic.
DISCLAIMER: please don't take me seriously -_-
1) Looking at profile pictures
To avoid being a stalker proper protocol insists that you only look at the 3 most recent profile pictures. That means you're allowed to press their profile picture and click the right scroll button twice. And if you don't know the person the left scroll button is completely off bounds! You've never even met the person before and you want to see what they looked like when they were in 8th grade?
2) Scrolling through their wall
To avoid being a stalker only go as far as you need to. Which means, unless they have explicitly given you permission, no more than 6 months is ever necessary and even that is stretching it a little. If you haven't met them before you have no business knowing what they did prior to the 6 month deadline because 6 months is a long time and anything stupid they've done can be condoned (since they've "grown up" since the time, and anything super-cool will undoubtedly be mentioned again). However exceptions always apply (for instance if someone mentioned something from 2 years ago you can always do a fact check on facebook).
3) Likes and dislikes
Go through everything! Do you really want to be friends with someone who doesn't like your favorite show, musician, or movie? That's exactly what I thought. But seriously, if you're going to look up a person and look at their likes, you might as well check everything out. It can tell you a lot of about the type of person they really are.
*stalker- someone who causes determines information of someone they know first hand and therefore the act of online stalking is not as sketchy
**stalker- has never actually met the person and chances of meeting are slim. However this person goes through the person's social media profile in order to determine more about the person. Stalkers are borderline sketchtastic.
DISCLAIMER: please don't take me seriously -_-
I like that you pointed out that the one squiggle is almost a sine wave. -Colin
ReplyDeleteYeah... I got really super duper excited when I realized it almost looked like a perfect sine wave.
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