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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2014 9:40:26 GMT -5
Do you or did you ever stalk anyone on the internet?
If so, who and why?
Occasionally bf and I look at an acquaintance on Facebook. (She is not a Facebook friend.) We know how broke they are, rushing to the bank as fast as they can on pay day, but they are always posting pictures of new purchases, concerts, trips, etc.
I also look at a person from my past. As far as I know he is not working so I like to see if he is on Facebook or Pinterest all day. I mostly look at his posting times.
Another question: Do I have a problem? I do it for entertainment.
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sheilaincali
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 4, 2014 9:56:31 GMT -5
I've checked ex BF's on facebook and that's about it. Nothing like in depth digging through their pictures more of a "I wonder if so and so ever got married and had/or had kids?" type of thing.
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midjd
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Jun 4, 2014 10:03:11 GMT -5
Post by midjd on Jun 4, 2014 10:03:11 GMT -5
A couple of months ago I saw that my aunt's husband had looked me up on LinkedIn. (I haven't seen my aunt since she slapped my mom and peeled out of our driveway the day of my grandpa's funeral - I was 10). I was a little creeped out, although the two times I met her husband 20+ years ago, he seemed like a nice guy.
So I looked him up on Facebook and found out they have 3 kids now (their oldest/only at the time was 1 when my grandpa died). Then I had to look at all their profiles. It was crazy how much all 3 kids look like my dad/brother.
Is that stalking?
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Jun 4, 2014 10:25:19 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2014 10:25:19 GMT -5
I never look anyone up - in case they will see that I looked them up.........what does that make me? My biggest fear is someone seeing that I looked them up on Facebook. There is no way they can tell, is there? I am not on LinkedIn, but occasionally I will Google someone on there. They wouldn't be able to tell I looked at their profile, would they?
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Regis
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Jun 4, 2014 10:42:23 GMT -5
Post by Regis on Jun 4, 2014 10:42:23 GMT -5
I once had an attorney that I was working with stop by our office because it was "on his way home". He was a rather new client so I didn't know him well. While making casual conversation, I simply asked where he lived. He looked at me like I had horns growing out of my head and replied, "Up north. That's all you need to know." And he wasn't joking. So, of course, as soon as he walked out of the office, I decided to see how long it would take me to find his actual address. Turns out it could be done in less than two minutes. So yeah, I guess I'm a stalker!
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alabamagal
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Post by alabamagal on Jun 4, 2014 10:50:15 GMT -5
Stalking on facebook is the only way I find out about my kids dating relationships. They never tell Mom anything.
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nutty
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Jun 4, 2014 10:57:37 GMT -5
Post by nutty on Jun 4, 2014 10:57:37 GMT -5
Yeah. my stepmother was a bit of stalker not too many months ago to me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2014 11:02:06 GMT -5
I keep myself anonymous when checking LinkedIn profiles. I know they get even by not letting me see who's looking up my profile, but I don't care.
There are 2 people I "stalk" on FB. One is a woman who was involved in my demise at work. She doesn't post much but what she's posted is interesting. Although she talked herself into a high-power marketing job at my old firm, her LinkedIn profile shoes a spotty succession of overlapping gigs and her FB profile at one point described her as "an aspiring photographer" who went on a "mind-walk with God" during a period of transition in her life. Said "mind-walk" consisted of a trip through Europe with no set itinerary and a lot of shopping and picture-taking. Yeah, I think I wanna get me one o' them mind-walks, too!
The other is also a former coworker, but I'm on more cordial terms with her. When I broke the news that I was leaving abruptly, after she got over her shock she asked if she'd see me at one of the local charity bike rides. Fortunately, we're both signed up for a couple of the same rides. Anyway, the office culture was that you didn't connect on FB unless you were BFFs outside of work and we're not- but she keeps her profile open and I like checking it out because she keeps posting adorable pictures of her little girl and I like watching her grow up.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2014 17:58:31 GMT -5
Apparently nobody is stalking the YM Off-Topic board.
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Jun 6, 2014 20:50:31 GMT -5
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Post by Sunnyday on Jun 6, 2014 20:50:31 GMT -5
I recently saw that a guy I dated over 25 years ago looked me up on linked in! This was not anything that was serious (I had done a thread about a former serious longtime bf whos name came up in a doyouknow linked in thing - this is not that) I think we did 5 dates at most over a 4-6 month period and things weren't exactly friendly after that. Why did he look me up? who knows? But I did think it weird/creepy....this was nothing that should have produced a "hey - I wonder whatever happened to soandso feeling" mmmm - maybe I should check back in and see who else is "stalking" me..... I don't think that he's stalking you. I look up everyone that I've had the remotest contact with to see if they are someone that I can use or if their contacts are something I can use to get a job. Gosh, I would hate to think that people would think that I'm stalking them.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 8, 2014 21:44:24 GMT -5
Nope. Never have. Can't imagine I ever will. (seems a little creepy) There's a reason these people are "ex's". I really don't care what they are currently doing.
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