What's the Facebook 'following me' hoax - how it works and what to do - Coventry Telegraph

Facebook users are being told to be wary in the face of yet another hoax.

Users of the social networking platform have been left frantically panicking after it emerged a hidden list could expose their covert "followers" - with some even suggesting the list identifies those stalking your profile.

A message is spreading across the Mark Zuckerberg-owned website that claims users can see who is covertly following them by going to the blocking section of their settings and typing in “following me”.

Naturally, this is a hoax.

But it has left people sweating.

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One user wrote: " I Just learned something new. If you go to account settings, blocking, block users, and type in “following me”, without the quotes, you might be surprised just who is following you. I had a lot people on it that I had no clue who they were. They are blocked now. I had to block them one at a time. Creepy..most were middle eastern. And all my posts are to friends, not public."

Experts have outed the whole thing as nothing but a ruse to scary people, though.

The hoax has done the rounds previously, but is seemingly picking up serious traction this week.

Social networking website Facebook seen reflected in a person's eye. (Image: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

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When you type something into the "search bar" on Facebook, it is going to find ANY and ALL pages, people, and/or posts with those words in them.

What you're probably seeing is a list of people with names that include letters from the words "following" and "me."

So how can you find out how who really is following you?

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According to Facebook’s Help Center, you go to the right corner and select settings, then click public posts, then select friends or public next to who can follow me.

Tech experts at ThatsNonsense.com explain: "Why Facebook would implement a feature that would allow users to see their paid stalkers or “covert followers” seems oddly counter-productive, yet this logical flaw hasn’t seemed to stop these rumours from going viral, regularly."

Quite.

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