Let's be serious, we all do it. Don't sit there acting all high and mighty as though you don't try to find that person you like via Facebook, you're just lying to yourself. College makes Facebook stalking easier than ever because there is usually someone that knows the name of the person you think is cute/hot.
I know my guy friends will immediately log onto Facebook after dinner once they learned the name of some girl they thought was gorgeous. They look at her pictures, check to see if she is single, and they will look at the interests section to get an idea of what that girl is like. Most of us don't have the balls to go up to the person we like, and why would we when Facebook makes it ten times easier to just admire from afar?
Now if this creeps you out a bit, and it kind of should because chances are you've been Facebook creeped by someone you don't know, take the necessary precautions. There are ways to make your profile only available to people you are friends with, you can block your pictures and interests sections with the click of a mouse.
The days of casually walking up to someone and asking for their name and phone number are long gone because with Facebook we can probably get your name, phone number, screen name, and all the pictures we want of you just by entering your name in the search box.
You stalk, they stalk, I stalk via Facebook. Everyone has done this on multiple occasions but they don't like to own up to it. Don't be embarrassed about it because we all do it, but beware of your own account and don't be surprised if the one you're stalking suddenly makes their profile private. If that's the case either give up the hunt, friend request them, or simply try to be their friend outside of the internet.
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