Stalking on Social Networks

Hey everyone! Its been a while but I every time I sit down to write a post my mind goes blank. lol This time I am determined to write a full post. Enjoy!


Lately I have been thinking alot about stalking on social networks like Facebook, MySpace etc...
Alot of people consider it stalking a person when you look through their, photos and their profile page for no real reason, it's something I do when I am really bored. It's Kinda cool to get to see a side of your friends that you usually don't see. But is it stalking?

Here are a couple things I was thinking about during work today. I got really bored.

First lets look at browsing peoples pictures, is it that much different looking at their photos online than if you went and sat at their house and looked at them in a photo album sitting on their coffee table or wall? What would you do if you were invited over and they saw you looking at their pictures and asked if you were stalking them? Probably get a WTF look on your face.

And with their other information, if your invited to their house you know where they live, most likely have their phone number and its highly possible know where they work. So its not to much different their, and I guess people may not consider this stalking since they did allow you access to their info by adding you as a friend on facebook.

But what about those in your network? Same thing applies here IMO. If you do not have your privacy set to where only your friends can see your profile then you can tell someone their stalking you for just looking at your pictures. If you lived in a building where everyone shared common areas, and you left a photo album out then and someone walks by and is browsing through while waiting for someone or out of shear boredom , I doubt they have plans on stalking you.

Of course their are always exceptions, where those who truly are messed up in the head can use these as a means of truly stalking. I think my biggest thing about someone saying you are stalking them is that you may not be meaning any harm but when they say that it instantly brings thoughts of a wacked out individual to mind. Maybe we should find a different term for this.

And in the end if you are that concerned about some one stalking you online, unplug the friggin Internet. Seriously.

Schmee