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'Stalker Check' Monitors Infatuation on Facebook

by Warren Riddle on August 6, 2009 at 08:45 AM


Facebook-stalking has become so ingrained in pop culture that it's warranted mentions in TV shows, earned an entry in UrbanDictionary, and even inspired a stalker Web site. Tapping into that Net surveillance hoopla, a new Facebook app, 'Stalker Check,' allows social networkers to track their most ardent followers.

The app accounts for wall posts, gifts, pokes, invites, and other activities in order to determine who is most frequently interacting with whom. Members can also use it to monitor the actions of their friends, just in case someone happens to be a little too interested in a certain user's significant other.

The app doesn't account for page views, though, since that would be against Facebook's Terms of Service. So, all the lurkers keeping secret tabs on the public profiles of their exes, employees, or students are still safe, for now. [From: New York Daily News]

Tags: facebook, facebook apps, FacebookApps, social networking, SocialNetworking, stalker, stalker check, StalkerCheck, top

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