Would it be considered cyber-stalking to keep someones myspace page open in a tab and check it periodically? Stalking is pretty easy to recognize and there are well defined rules (official and unofficial) about it constitutes. Let's have discussion on what constitutes cyber-stalking.

stealth mode

is it really stalking if there page is public,

I'm going with yes on this one.

If you're "keeping tabs" on somebody you're stalking them cyber or not.

Cyber stalking definition:

Cyber stalking is a new form of computer related crime occurring in our society. Cyber stalking is when a person is followed and pursued on line. Their privacy is invaded, their every move watched. It is a form of harassment that can disrupt the life of the victim and leave them feeling very afraid and threatened. Cyber Stalking usually occurs with women, who are stalked by men, or children who are stalked by adult predators or pedophiles. Cyber stalkers need not have to leave their home to find, or harass their targets, and has no fear of physical violence since they believe that they cannot be physically touched in cyberspace. They may be on the other side of the earth or a neighbor or even a relative. Their main targets are mostly females, and children, who are emotionally weak or unstable. Typically, the cyber stalker's victim is new on the web, and inexperienced with the rules of netiquette and internet safety. It is believed that over 75% of the victims are female, but sometimes men are also stalked. The figures are more on assumed basis and the actual figures can really never be known since most crimes of such natures go unreported.

Umm..well what exactally are u checking for? I think it has to do with ur motives. Why are u checkin? is it to see if they are online or because u wanna check out new competition?

It's stalking if you're checking them out and they don't know about it and aren't okay with it.

I am a tabs person I at any given time I have about a dozen or more tabs open, it just would make sense to me to have one open for a friends myspace. No malice intended. I'm just curious since I was reading an article on cyber-stalking a while back. I wouldn't want to come across as weird so if it bad form I want to not do it anymore.

The only part I find glaringly offensive about the question is the term "MySpace."

Myspace

Yes. Are you checking for new comments? Profile views?

I don't know. It is more of hypothetical question. The only myspace page I have open is my own, but I do have a habit of opening any page I check more than once a week in a tab.

Oh, right. That's ok then

Plant a bug in their phone.