joel1974@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat do you think of Facebook allowing people to see who viewed their profiles?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think of Facebook allowing people to see who viewed their profiles?joel1974@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoLinkedIn does this. Which is why I almost never look at any profiles on there. Not to mention it just sucks. Necessary evil for working slobs. It’s normal to be curious about people you know. But seeing that someone “looked at a profile” could be misinterpreted in so many ways. And even if users can’t see that info, the data harvesters can.
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYou know you can just turn it off right? You just lose the ability to see who viewed you.
minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoPlay the game of turning it off most of the time, but occasionally turning it back on again just to see who viewed your profile. Then, turn it back off again.
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYou realize that doesn’t stop others from misinterpreting why you looked at their profile.
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIf you turn it off, they can’t see that you viewed their profile. https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a567226/browsing-profiles-in-private-and-semi-private-mode
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOh cool. It’s news to me since I have never cared for that site
minus-squarejoel1974@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI think people can see who views you on Instagram.
minus-squareTreedrake@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThis isn’t possible. You can only see people who viewed your stories.
LinkedIn does this. Which is why I almost never look at any profiles on there. Not to mention it just sucks. Necessary evil for working slobs.
It’s normal to be curious about people you know. But seeing that someone “looked at a profile” could be misinterpreted in so many ways.
And even if users can’t see that info, the data harvesters can.
You know you can just turn it off right? You just lose the ability to see who viewed you.
Play the game of turning it off most of the time, but occasionally turning it back on again just to see who viewed your profile. Then, turn it back off again.
You realize that doesn’t stop others from misinterpreting why you looked at their profile.
If you turn it off, they can’t see that you viewed their profile.
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a567226/browsing-profiles-in-private-and-semi-private-mode
TIL thanks
Oh cool. It’s news to me since I have never cared for that site
I think people can see who views you on Instagram.
This isn’t possible. You can only see people who viewed your stories.