Jeepers, Creepers!

Here's an interesting article about Facebook "Creepers".  In case you don't feel like reading it, it says that a large majority of jilted lovers stalk their exes on Facebook.  Sometimes they've been "unfriended" (which is only a word in FB-land) so they use another person's account to keep tabs on the stalkee (which is also not a real word, but it should be).

I will admit to using Google on occasion when I had thoughts of old boyfriends or friends and briefly wondered what happened to them.  Sometimes it's not a good idea, for instance Google tells me that a long ago co-worker drowned while doing her first ocean dive.  I don't however secretly read Facebook updates or blogs or fish for information from other people to keep track of people who are no longer in my life.  I'm not conceited enough to imagine that anyone would do that to me either.  I can't imagine that I'm important enough for someone to obsess over what I'm doing to cyber-stalk me, but if they did I would find it really creepy.

It did come to my attention that things I said on Facebook were repeated to someone, but since I never said anything that I wouldn't have said to her face I'm disappointed that the "friend" would tattle on me, but in the end no real harm was done.  I am now more careful about what I post online.  Some of what goes on in my life shouldn't be fodder for gossipers.