Do you stalk people you like online?

Question

I never Google any guy I like cause if he does not volunteer information about his personal life, than it’s something I do not want to know.

Aerissa_Jade · Accepted Answer

I wouldn't say publicly available information and finding that out is stalking. Now digging into private stuff that is not easily available would be and I do not do that, never have.

Checking someone online to make sure they are NOT MARRIED is a good thing to avoid dating any married men again. Also like to know if they are a convict too... for stuff that I'd have issues with, which isn't everything just a few things.

What's funny though is most people that have public stuff available want followers, and I do calling "following" someone stalking them... cause people literally want to see everything they post.

annabananna · Accepted Answer

When I would date I would look through their social media and pictures but I wasn’t using it to stalk I’m a scary way.

Telekinetic-Potato · Accepted Answer

My whole life I've had a thing against doing that but I've slowly been changing my mind I think.

I'm not saying that I would look someone up on Google and try to find every little thing but if I go on her Instagram I can catch a lot of possible red flags.

AshkanSin · Accepted Answer

I think the "non-voluntarily given public information" and "private information" are two separate things. There's nothing wrong with trying to gain information from someone by googling them as long as their privacy doesn't get violated.

ChrisWhiskeys2 · Answer

I only searched one woman that I was messaging with regularly on a different website.
Everyone was saying that she was a catfish so I just searched her full name and typed in the area that she told me she lives.
She was real, and she was shocked when I told her how much information there is available about her from a simple search.

ChiTown33 · Answer

Nah. I give them a shot if they're not smart enough to see what an asset I am to their life that's on them. Why would I want to entertain someone that dumb?
( and this isn't arrogance. I don't put myself above anyone. I just believe in surrounding yourself with healthy relationships. People who lift you up, not break you down. Life is hard enough without you actively making it harder on yourself).

MisssA · Answer

Yes I do, I do my own homework because I’m not into blindly liking someone I want to know more about who they really are so I don’t waste my time and energy. Some people are so desperate for a spouse they’ll keep their head in the sand just so they don’t have to be single. Nope not me I will kick your weird/lying ass to the curb so better hope you have no skeletons to find on the internet

Little_Bumblebee · Answer

Kind of did when I was a teenager. I would search their social media and weed through it and see all their photos and such. At some point I just got over it, I would hope to say I matured in that way.

its_amelia_c · Answer

Absolutely I have, and it has served me well!

But I don’t call it stalking, I call it research and doing your homework! Finding out what the person is like before investing your time on someone.

Unfortunately it’s 100% necessary these days!

aaliyaaaaaaaaah · Answer

Well, online stalking is not necessarily bad thing according to me. People post information for others to see. If I'm stalking someone, it only means I'm looking at information which was voluntarily posted by them. Tbh, it helps us to create a first impression about a person and will definitely help us talk to them with ease as we can know about their interests and dislikes through what they post. But, everything has a good side and bad side to it and it entirely depends on the person who's stalking and their intentions (why they're stalking and how they plan to use the information gained).

silvermoon84 · Answer

Only once with a guy I matched with on a dating app. He only told me his first name but he was military and his last name was visible on his uniform. Like I said it was only once that I did this but I was glad I did it. Turns out he was married with kids. I cut off contact and reported it to the app. Not a homewrecker.

Moose304 · Answer

As a general rule, I don't stalk. Just not enough time in my day for that crap. I do, however, investigate business situations. My non-business social media footprint is VERY small.

SolitarySolace · Answer

Yes. Just to learn a bit about them to make sure they're not a psychopath like the women I've known in the past. Turns out, a lot of women are in my opinion psychopaths in one way or another. Good thing I look into them first so that I can prevent myself from catching feelings for an Amber Heard figure

exitseven · Answer

No, the internet was not a thing when I was dating. I did all my stalking in person.

WhitneySnow · Answer

I usually try not to do that cause I see it as a violation of privacy but occasionally my curiosity overwhelms me

McKellar · Answer

Here's a better question, why is it that when a guy stalks a girl online,... women get immediately beyond creeped out and automatically take the measures to insure a guy doesn't stalk her again by having the police involved and so on, but if women stalk the guys who they are interested in,... apparently this is acceptable?

DiegoO · Answer

I don't think that count as stalk. Stalking someone is literally traspassing any legal limit to gather information about that someone or that person of interest.

Subarugirl · Answer

I google everyone, My sisters new boyfriends, people I used to know. New bosses, or managers, etc. If that information is online then it is public...

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

I don't stalk people online who I talk to that is not cool

Amy10223 · Answer

I amm guilty of looking up someone's name on FB to see if they were married. And, it turns out, they are, sadly for me. mI was so sure they were not, but I proved myself wrong. :(((

libsaretards · Answer

I run a basic google search on every woman I date. I do not go deep into stuff. I am just looking to see if she made the news for anything crazy. Most people do not go far enough out of their way to keep criminal history from reaching google.

Anonymous · Answer

I have tracked down nearly every single person on GaG I have ever interacted with. I’m shocked by the number of pink anon accounts who belong to middle aged men. There is a correlation with the guys who act tough on here who also have been in long term relationships that end with cheating.

whiskeyontherocks · Answer

Full background check and credit report job history and 5 references names and social security numbers with attached full background checks. passport information for interpol verification background check etc.
lol “no”

legalboxers · Answer

no.. because they dont have peanut butter (Get. Stalk.. Celery Stalk)

lucas262 · Answer

You can stalk me my insta is steveformwork262 with a black hat on in the profile pic  Give me am honest no b. s assessment of my memes take your best shot

n4meAL · Answer

in the world of hacking it's called footprinting technique, hmm... for me doing this is like hacker culture. so this is a common thing...

brandyj · Answer

No But if you want to see if he is legit or not crazy I guess you can check it out... but not obsessive about it.

Razzmatazz09090 · Answer

I mean maybe depends on your definition of stalking. A girl I'm dating are one of my co-workers or something yeah lol. It's because I want to have sex with them and him looking at their pictures jerking off.

eblehe · Answer

Would look them up on social media if i'm really into them, stalk them? Nah

Anonymous · Answer

I like to see photos of person that I like. Yes I can see info as well, but that's not the point, that's less important as you can write whatever you want.

EllaNella · Answer

i am waaaaay to busy to have time stalking people online

Tinana · Answer

Sure only one of my friend I met online stalked him with his permission we still joke about it 😂

Tiptoetamm · Answer

I feel the same way if he wants me to know he'll tell me when they are ready

Msputiton · Answer

Naw. Tbh, online you really got to get my attention to even notice them

AdithyaR · Answer

Would occasionally looking at her Instagram pictures cause I like seeing her count as stalking?

kinggeorge007 · Answer

Yep up to some level. Now I'm getting old I don't do that now

worldscolide · Answer

No. Not unless they were a person I was with and I had suspicions about truthfulness.

Cleopatra1980 · Answer

Don’t have to. I don’t have the time. Plus their some people who informed me on ex I don’t wanna know what she up to.

sexyiluvdb · Answer

Yes and people I don't like and people I don't know

Adam_West · Answer

I am stalking on @joygirl because she is my possible wife.

boobliker · Answer

never it to hard to have a meaningful pal on the net there's no contact so stalking is time wasting

Staximus · Answer

You should do a background check before you shack up with them.

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

if watching their pics on social media is stalking, I do it all the time

HeartFullOfGlue · Answer

Yeah But I'll stalk anyone online if they catch my interest

darealanswers · Answer

yes. to get a better idea of a person, including what they are more upfront about in their (digital) lives

Sabretooth · Answer

A little. In my defense--life's pretty much dead for me. So I gotta do something to my sanity.

douride2 · Answer

I don't stalk people on line or IRL.

Berhudarol · Answer

No, I follow more important things like career, family, my pets and my life.

Wise4myage · Answer

No, that would be a waste of my time.

Better_off_here · Answer

no way i got much better things to do than that.

LUPITA00 · Answer

who doesn't? Its like almost normall. lmao

Mofunfour20 · Answer

No, its a waste of time. It's public information

Kabluie · Answer

not worth the restraining order

gabby100 · Answer

No, i prefer they do that to me..

Freyke · Answer

No. I have my own life to live.

moonpie89 · Answer

All the time

Beerluvr · Answer

No that is super creepy.

Vendela · Answer

Ehm... no.

collie22 · Answer

nope!

Xrrdftgyhuji · Answer

No I don’t

jasmine426 · Answer

Yesssss

Gloree · Answer

No time, or I might.

austinbooth · Answer

No I don't

TrillXHippy · Answer

Nope I don’t

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