Firstly – NO, typing “following me” in the Blocked users textbox does NOT provide a list of users who are following you.

What it DOES do is bring up a list of users associated with the words you typed into the textbox – in this case the words “following” and “me”. This can mean those words appear in a user’s name, introduction or any of their About Me sections. Given the rather generic nature of the words “following” and “me”, users who follow the instructions are more than likely going to see a rather random (and completely benign) list of Facebook users appear. To reiterate, these users will have little connection with you and are certainly not following you.

This is certainly not the first time this variation of nonsense has circulated online. In fact this hoax traces back to around 2011 when a rumour urged users to type in the words “Automation Labs” into the same box to see their stalkers – instructions that unsurprisingly just delivered a list of users who had the words “automation labs” in their profile.

Then at the start of 2017 another variation of this rumour appeared, only this time recipients were urged to type in “Facebook Security” into the textbox which would [apparently] reveal a list of “paid stalkers”. But instead, it bought up a list of users with either “Facebook” or “Security” in their name or About section.

Nonsense… yes. 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.

http://www.thatsnonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/following-me.jpgUsers 
who follow you can see your PUBLIC posts on their newsfeed. Posts set to Friends are only visible to friends, not to followers.

As such, claims that typing in “following me” in the Blocked user box will reveal users who are following you is just complete nonsense.


http://www.thatsnonsense.com/typing-following-facebook-block-list-shows-followers-hoax/ 

Ewok126 wrote:

No problem, little guy.
The instructions were sent to me by my brother-in-law. I followed them, and just like he said, I got about 30 or so names,(mostly Arabic . . . some even written in Arabic). To be honest, YEAH . . . it made me VERY uneasy.
If I had done a little research, possibly I could have avoided the knee-jerk reaction, and avoided putting other people in the same "uneasy" frame of mind that it put me in. I will enlighten my BIL about this.

I appreciate your not taking me to task, as some a$$holes on these boards would have.

jes

jespear wrote:

Some of them are ugly boobs.

MACS wrote:

John...you're my friend, my brother. i sincerely want you to know that had i understood one word of the OP, I would have made your life a living Hell.


Keeping my flip fone.






HA!!!

frankj1 wrote:

Security alert! I am serious!
I did the procedure outlined below and found DOZENS of unfamiliar people "following" me.
Several names weren't even in English script. Kinda scary!

jespear wrote:

jespear wrote:
I appreciate your not taking me to task, as some a$$holes on these boards would have.

Frank,
Thank jew for validating my statement.

שנה טובה, ידידי היקר

jespear wrote:

FBI-SSG cover names.

You and Jonesy just made the list, pal.

Thunder.Gerbil wrote: