# What happened to seeing who has viewed your profile? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044 "2008-10-22T13:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/21 "2008-10-28T21:10:33Z")
I’ll have to admit it did appeal to the narcissist in me. Was disappointed to see it go. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/22 "2008-10-28T22:00:56Z")
I seldom check my own profile (after all, I know what it says, and I seldom need to pull up a list of my own posts). But the last time I did, I noticed that **Marley23** had viewed it, and I admit I was a bit curious as to why. But not enough to ask him about it. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/23 "2008-10-28T23:24:19Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I seldom check my own profile (after all, I know what it says, and I seldom need to pull up a list of my own posts). But the last time I did, I noticed that **Marley23** had viewed it, and I admit I was a bit curious as to why. But not enough to ask him about it. Just visualize the bit that Robert DeNiro does with Ben Stiller in _Meet the Parents_, putting his fingers to his eyes, then pointing them at Stiller. Marley is slightly [del]crazy[/del] intense that way. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/24 "2008-10-29T00:05:34Z")
You’re scaring the norms again, Sam. 😉 Can’t remember why I looked at your profile, **LurkMeister**. There may not have been a reason. I was sort of worried about creeping out new members, though. Before the board went free to post, I checked out pretty much every new person who signed up to see if they were spammers. I caught a lot of them that way but actual new posters might’ve wondered what was up. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/25 "2008-10-29T00:32:25Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Can’t remember why I looked at your profile, **LurkMeister**. There may not have been a reason. I was sort of worried about creeping out new members, though. Before the board went free to post, I checked out pretty much every new person who signed up to see if they were spammers. I caught a lot of them that way but actual new posters might’ve wondered what was up. I’ll make a suggestion. Sometimes we get a new poster/jerk. He has an IP. We look for others with a _similar_ IP, looking for a match. You might have had an IP that was an “almost.” Marley looked at you. Hey! It helps to keep out the riff raff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/26 "2008-10-29T01:27:18Z")
As I said before, I wasn’t really concerned, because I know that my heart is pure. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/27 "2008-10-29T01:30:28Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > As I said before, I wasn’t really concerned, because I know that my heart is pure. 😃 OK, that made me laugh. Thanks. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/28 "2008-10-29T01:33:30Z")
Yeah, but you know what they say about a man who’s pure and says his prayers by night. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/29 "2008-10-29T10:03:43Z")
He gets fleas. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/30 "2008-10-29T13:15:52Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yeah, but you know what they say about a man who’s pure and says his prayers by night. Well, I don’t pray, so I think I’m safe. Although maybe I should stock up on wolfsbane just in case. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044/31 "2008-10-29T13:20:24Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Well, I don’t pray, so I think I’m safe. Although maybe I should stock up on wolfsbane just in case. Or flea-powder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044.md?page=1)