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Facebook Graph allows us to search nearby singles and could change internet dating forever.. But are we taking online stalking to a whole new level? By. Catherine Townsend. Published. 2. 0: 0. GMT, 2. 7 March 2. GMT, 2. 7 March 2.

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Forget pre- Googling a first date: Facebook's new Graph Search takes online stalking to a whole new level.  The technology isn't publicly available yet, but after only ten minutes of using the beta version I predict that online dating will never be the same. When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company was rolling out the mysterious. News Feed and Timeline - he explained how the Graph is totally different from other web searches. Dating detective work: More and more of us are using Facebook to screen potential dates and find common interests. But when does online stalking cross the line?

Instead of sending a list of links, it scours data from friends and friends of friends including posts, check- ins and recommendations to get an exact answer. Zuckerberg says that new feature will evolve based on people use it.

One Facebook executive used finding a spicy meal in San Francisco as an example search. Seriously? If I want barbecued rib recommendations I can go to Yelp. I may be recently married, but as someone who has spent several years. I was dying to know if the new technology. Where are the single men in.

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Manhattan?' Like many relationships, the search. I got off to an awkward start. The second person who appeared. Bravo host Andy Cohen. He's funny, successful and we have two friends in common!

But he's also openly gay.  But as I got more specific, the search. It automatically changed 'single straight men in. Manhattan' to 'single men interested in women in Manhattan'.. When. I narrowed it down to 'single men who are older than 3. I still got. more than 1,0. Sample search: Scouring the net for 'single journalists', one of my many search phrases, yielded several accurate results. Then. I hit a wall: Adding the men who 'like' single- malt Scotch only gave me.

So I went back to the first man to appear in my original search results. John' is an attractive thirty- something.

The mix of quotes and comments on his page convey that he's a hard worker, but doesn't take himself too. As I got more specific, the search. It changed "single straight men in. Manhattan" to "single men interested in women in Manhattan"'I messaged him, and got a reply almost. He thinks I'm cute, and sends a message that strikes the. He knows that I'm not available - in. I think he knows my husband.

It's too soon to decide if my single. But I definitely would.

Online. dating sites should be running scared. Because not only is Facebook's. I can immediately see the advantages. Anyone who has ever tried Internet dating knows that everyone lies.

According to surveys, over 5. Smart searching: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pictured here in March. Will the new Graph Search change online dating forever? And, like it or not, having a Facebook page has become a virtual verification system.  Having access to full- length pics and the 'About' page should help filter out the women who subtract years and pounds.

It may also deter cheaters who call. Ashley. Madison. com. Who would be crazy. Facebook page as. John' also wrote that he normally friends. Facebook a 'pre- courting ground'. Watch The Girl In The Photographs Putlocker.

Imperfect match: Bravo host Andy Cohen, the second result on my singles search list. He's smart, successful, and shares several friends with me.

But he's openly gay. Fair enough. But what about the multi- daters, those men and women who use social networking and dating sites to juggle loads of conquests in a constant search for the bigger, better deal? Staying stealth may no longer be as simple as switching from Ok. Cupid to Plenty. Of.

Fish. On the other hand, I worry that if the graph search becomes popular, it will be much harder for people - especially single people - to opt out. Many of us now suspect that people with no page are hiding something, like a wife or a Nigerian catfishing scam. Watch The Lucky One Full Movie. And Facebook was meant to help us find common ground. But with the new search, when does sleuthing cross the line into stalking? What if I like the look of a guy who frequents my local Happy Hour and loves marathons, listens to Bruno Mars and drinks Manhattans? Let's say I sit next to him and 'just happen' to order his favorite drink.

Then I mention my imaginary training run, and bingo - we've bonded over fake information. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time that someone pretended to be interested in a crush's hobby. But how many times have I clicked on a random 'like' without thinking?

How accurate are the searches?  I used to think that my sister posting my early 9. I quickly figured out via the 'Actual Facebook Graph Searches' Tumblr that the random 'likes' people click have the potential to be endless source of embarrassment.

Mothers of Jews who like bacon' or 'current Tesco employees who like horses', are hilariously random. Others like 'married people who like prostitutes' are scarier. Islamic men who like men in'  [insert Middle Eastern city] has the potential to be seriously dangerous.  Aps like Lulu, which mostly caters to a younger demographic, already allow women to 'rate' men and report via hastags if he. Always. Pays, is #Kinky. In. The. Right. Ways or #Wears. Ed. Hardy.   'Facebook was meant to help us find common ground.

But with the new Graph Search, when does sleuthing cross the line into stalking?'What happens when people looking for more serious relationships start. Los Angeles who have been in a. John Doe' and read posts about him? It seems that the best way to protect yourself from being burned by. Brave New World of online dating is by using old- fashioned love. If you've been dumped, defriend. People who have the most damaging information are the ones already in. Ironically, the more information that becomes publicly searchable, the more some of us will censor ourselves - and the new technology potentially presents an old- school dating dilemma.

Whether selecting a flattering Instagram filter for vacation pics or replacing. Color Me Badd 'like' with Mumford and Sons, many of us try present an. On and offline, many of us treat dating like the ultimate hyper- focused search. But there's no guarantee that the ideal search criteria on paper will lead us to the right person. However mathematically perfect the algorithm, true love - both on and offline - is somewhat random.