We have looked at many arguments why apps claiming to let you see who viewed your profile are scams. If Facebook doesn't allow this kind of functionality, then these apps are just using fake data, and shouldn't be installed by anybody.
Tech for Luddites makes an interesting point about why Facebook likely doesn't allow this functionality:
"...there are lots of people who use Facebook primarily to look at profiles and pictures of other people, particularly those they're interested in or have broken up with or who are currently seeing people they've broken up with. Now, if Facebook were to start allowing people to see who had checked out their profiles, a lot of people might very well delete their profiles and stop using FB altogether because they don't want to be caught stalking. And since there seems to be some evidence that Facebook is already beginning to lose users, especially among the younger set, they're not going to do something that will drive more people away when that feature has no particular value to the company itself."
So one of the reasons Facebook doesn't allow the functionality to see who viewed your profile can be to allow people to stalk other people without being caught, thus earning more money from ads when people check each other's profiles.
Source. Via
Tech for Luddites.
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