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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 --- 56 days ago http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2008/05/13/facebook-loses-face-
| Early this afternoon, Gawker.com exposed a new (as yet unannounced) feature on Facebook: Put your cursor in the 'search' box, press the down arrow, and a list of five names will appear.
The early speculation was that the list represented the five people who search for your profile most on the site.
Naturally, as with most changes having to do with Facebook, hysteria ensued. More than 200 comments were posted on the original Gawker item and new theories began to surface. Was this the five most recent people to search you? The five people you search for most often? A coding error? A random glitch?
The waking fear sinking into the hearts of Facebook users everywhere was that if the first theory was true and you could see them ... then they could see you. That meant every ex-boyfriend or secret crush that you've been checking on daily is now wise to your level of interest.
"This is going to make seeing the ex more awkward in person," wrote one Gawker commenter.
"CRAPSHITFUCK," wrote another. "Why, Facebook, why? I thought we had a stalkery understanding?"
It's an open secret that the vast majority of Facebook users spend far more time than we would ever admit browsing the personal information provided by friends, whether out of boredom or hidden interest.
Facebook exposing that would mean violating users' trust, significantly discouraging the habit, and seemingly spelling disaster for a social networking websi ... |
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