What is the difference between creeping and stalking

Walls are different from photos. Photos are easier to digest than words and are way more fun to share. If you have shared photos with the Internet, you can bet that dozens of people — including people with whom you have not spoken in years — have seen them. The same holds true for your profile pictures. Your profile picture is essentially the first thing you want people to see when they visit your page. It is how you choose to represent yourself. Perusing through profile photos and photo albums that people have willingly put on display is certainly not stalking.

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To change or withdraw your consent choices for Lifewire. At any time, you can update your settings through the "EU Privacy" link at the bottom of any page. You need to prepare yourself with as much knowledge as possible before embarking on an unfamiliar situation What are you going do at work when you have time to kill? Browse through social media, of course. Before you know it, you're on your ex-boyfriend's sister's boyfriend's sister's page and you don't even know how you ended up there.

If you don't already know your partner's ex, then it's completely natural to be curious about his last relationship. However, if you are stalking through every relationship this person has ever had, you need a reality check because that is far from normal. There's no crime in just looking at pictures, but when you start being the one who takes them, well that is just crossing the line. When you start digging for dirt, you know you are never actually going to find anything good.

Why we still do this is beyond me, but apparently we never learn our lesson until it's too late. By Ashley Fern. Andreas Gradin. It will do you some good.

There you have it; the 10 levels of stalking your crush on social media. If you do find yourself creeping your crush — or anyone, really — on social media, rest assured that everyone does it. Featured image via Tim Mossholder on Unsplash. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Send me Unwritten articles please! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Sign in. Forgot your password?