Facebook stalking etiquette

Googling a crush has become a common practise before any date. But not everyone is that Google’able, till the rise of social media that is. Now you can check up on his career history on LinkIn, read about her vacation in Cape Town on her blog or follow them tweet live tweet about standing in a queue at the Traffic Office. Then there is Facebook, the true goldmine of information.

The Urban dictionary defines Facebook stalking as:
                  A covert method of investigation using facebook.com. Good for discovering a wealth of 
                  information about people you don't actually know.


Facebook stalking has become a relatively acceptable as long as you adhere to the “etiquette”.

Don’t...
...like photos at two in the morning of albums posted two years ago
...Facebook stalk from your cellphone, it’s just too easy to accidently like something that you really don’t like. At all.
...pretend to like his favourite band in order to impress him before Facebook stalking them as well
...make assumptions. So what if he likes Glee, it does not mean he is... well...
...go too deep. In other words check out the guy she is tagged with then his friends as well as the page of the place he works at etc. It’s a slippery slope to crazy, tread carefully.

The Golden Rule: Don't leave a trace that you where there!