The days of casually stalking Facebook photo albums of friends and relatives has more risky because of a new feature.
The social media giant has launched a new way to like photos - and now it only needs a double-tap on the image to register approval.
This action previously allowed users to zoom-in on photos, and could now lead to a lot of accidental likes, Mirror Online reports.
Social media expert, Matt Navarra, spotted the feature, and tweeted a screenshot of it in action.
He wrote: “New! Facebook now let’s you double-tap a post to Like it on iOS.”
This feature is a likely way to make Facebook’s functionality more similar to Instagram's (which Facebook also owns), where double-tapping a photo allows you to like it.
But users have been quick to point out the trouble it could cause for casual Facebook stalkers.
One user tweeted: “Oh no. I do that to zoom in when I’m in full-on stalker mode. I am doomed,” to which another replied: “My first thought, too.”
At the moment, the double-tap feature appears to only be available on the iOS version of the app, but it’s likely to be rolled out on Android soon.
Facebook has been contacted for comment.
