Social media junkies reveal what their cyberstalking habits are really like

True confessions from the cyberstalkers among us.
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Isabelle Chapman
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We’ve all been there. You’re creeping on your ex, and before you know it, you find yourself looking at his new girlfriend’s best friend’s sister's page. You didn’t mean for it to happen, but suddenly you know her entire dating history and every restaurant she went to when she visited Paris two years ago.

But then there are those who take it to the next level; for example, cyberstalking a crush’s Instagram every few hours each day. Or keeping track of an enemy’s moves on Twitter.


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These cyberstalkers spilled their confessions on secret-sharing app Whisper and revealed what their social media habits are really like.

Admit it. You know you can relate.

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Isabelle Chapman

Isabelle Chapman was the Associate Tech Editor for Mashable, where she works on Mashable's Snapchat Discover Channel. She joined the Mashable team in 2015 and is based in New York City.She has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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