That's y'all pro-stalking your ex on Facebook (Movie: Getty)

Facebook, the earth'south biggest social network, has been prime land for people to exercise their stalking capabilities for years.

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Whether you detect yourself late at nighttime scrolling around the profile of an ex or you lot have decided y'all want to see the pictures from your hairdresser's vacation to Greece in 2010, nigh people love a good stalk on Facebook.

Facebook allows its hundreds or millions of users to search, stalk, creep and enjoy the full scope the social network offers.

This is you and all your friends stalking each other (Motion picture: Getty)

One of the principal novelties surrounding Facebook is the anonymity of your stalking abilities.

However, rumours circulating on the world wide web had people worried that what they thought was innocent anonymous stalking actually had a effect.

A rather embarrassing one.

The idea that if you viewed someone's profile on Facebook your name would come up up in their People You May Know section was doing the rounds, and it has people in hysterics regularly.

The rumours are most likely not truthful, and as Facebook has asserted multiple times that people do not know who views their contour.

Facebook states on their website that: 'Facebook doesn't let people track who views their profile.'

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There are also apps you can sign up to or even buy to see who is viewing your personal private profile but they cannot, in fact, provide the functionality they promise and Facebook says: 'Third-party apps likewise can't provide this functionality. If you come up beyond an app that claims to offering this ability, please study the app.'

The answer is no, someone cannot tell if you have been looking at their Facebook and cease existence paranoid, throw circumspection to the wind and stem to your eye'due south want.

Facebook did, however, innovate Facebook Stories this year and you can see who views those posts and ho has viewed your Facebook story, much like Instagram and Snapchat versions of the feature.

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