“Extensive Research on an Individual,” “Seeking Information on a Particular Person,” “Personality Matching.” Whatever you want to call it, at the end of the day it’s called Facebook Stalking… and we are ALL guilty of it.
Regardless of the fact we all do it, when does it go from casual looking to stalking?
Casually looking at a friends page from time to time is perfectly normal and and socially acceptable.
It’s when it goes from looking once every couple of weeks to one every couple of days to once a day to every time you check your Facebook that it becomes a problem.
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Why do we creep?
One of the biggest questions you must ask yourself is why you are looking up the person you are creeping on.
Is it an ex, a friend, or perhaps a former friend? If the person you are stalking is someone that hurt you, that is the point where it becomes unhealthy to continuely check up on this person.
If you are checking up on this person to see if his/her “single” status has changed, checking for pictures of a new flame or simply obsessing over someone from afar, this is a red flag.
When you stare longingly at another person’s profile wishing you had his/her significant other, friends, clothes, face, WHATEVER, then you know you have a problem.
Facebook stalking and your relationship
Facebook stalking a current girlfriend or boyfriend as a means of ensuring honesty in the relationship is also something that can become damaging.
If you cannot trust your partner to be honest with you and must resort to constantly looking at their Facebook page to find evidence of dishonesty or an affair, it is time to rethink the relationship and have a talk with your boyfriend/girlfriend.
Facebook is a resource, not a weapon. Do not use it for negative reasons that could be hurting you and your happiness and peace.
Stop being a creeper.
Facebook stalking could easily be categorized as an addiction and we all know addictions are never easy to break.
However, if you recognize that you have a problem with stalking, you have to help yourself and helping yourself means self-discipline.
By hiding that persons status updates from coming up on your newsfeed, you are less likely to always be searching what they are doing. To go even a step further, you might even want to de-friend or block that individual.
