A massive glitch on Facebook saw people automatically sending friend requests when they looked at another person’s profile.
The issue meant that anyone who was having a simple little stalk of their exes, old friends or long lost members of family were left rather exposed as they unknowingly sent friend requests left, right and centre.
Created by Mark Zuckerberg in back 2004, Facebook is known for allowing users to create profiles, share updates, photos, and videos, and interact with friends, family, and more.
It provides a space for individuals to connect, communicate, and share content through posts and comments, and even offers various features like groups, events, and pages, catering to diverse interests and communities.
With billions of active users, Facebook has become an influential platform for everything from personal connections to business promotion, news dissemination, and social activism.
However, what many users love Facebook for the most is that it grants you the ability to snoop on those who may not be directly in your life, without them knowing. Or that’s what people thought, anyway…
Last week, users of the site were sent into a frenzy as they realised their innocent stalking sessions had resulted in friend requests being sent out.
“Is anyone else’s Facebook sending automatic friend request when they click on a profile?? It was the wrong night to go through my year book and stalk,” one person wrote.
Another alerted other users to the glitch: “THERES A FACEBOOK GLITCH. DON’T FACEBOOK STALK ANYONE IT SENDS THEM A FRIEND REQUEST.”
A third wrote: “Facebook stalking and somehow a friend request was sent. That’s it guys. See you in another life.”
Facebook have since apologised for the glitch, and said it was the result of an app update.
“We fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent mistakenly. We’ve stopped this from happening and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused,” a Meta spokesperson told LADbible.
Thankfully, we can all now creep on in peace, as the technical problem has finally been resolved.
