Ed. note: Today is part 2 of a two part series on facebook and recruiting. Part 1 can be found here.

Yesterday, Seth took a good stance on the whole Daniel Orton/facebook issue. It makes little sense for someone, anyone, to hack a player’s facebook profile. Although, I’m not exactly sure his profile was hacked… he may not have wrote it, but come on he’s a high school senior and he has friends. Who hasn’t ever had a friend write something stupid on your profile, and you probably laughed? But that’s not my point today.

My point is directed toward you. And you, you and even you, all of you. We know you love recruiting. It’s your fix for when games aren’t being played – a way to feel like basketball or football season is still on-going. It’s a way for you to get to know players before they see the field/court even. It’s harmless and fun if fans (and bloggers and media members) do it right.

But it’s not being done right.

I have no problem with a group like “Daniel Orton Come to Kentucky and Be a Legend”. Most of those groups are harmless. But DO NOT invite the player themselves. Like Seth said, it’s a recruiting violation, dummy. Then you assume he’s coming to Kentucky because he joined the group, when in fact he probably only joined it so people didn’t bad mouth him.

Facebook was not created for you to spy and stalk current and prospective players. What is the point of posting a picture of Josh Harrelson with girls at a party? What’s the point of showing a picture of Jared Carter holding a fish he caught? And it’s not even like you caught them drinking, like Matt Leinart or something. No, you are just invading their personal space. It’s the same when people befriend recruits and then post their facebook statuses on message boards.

I’d love for someone to explain to me why all that matters in the world of recruiting. Oh wait, it doesn’t. And usually it isn’t even true. Name one recruit who posted that they loved a visit on facebook, then committed to UK. I’ll wait. Can’t think of one, right? Thought so.

The only thing I can think of is that fans are trying to live through these kids or are asking for a visit from Dateline NBC and Chris Hansen. Stop stalking facebook profiles. You aren’t getting any info and you are invading privacy. People don’t realize what they are doing until it’s done to them. So remember when you want to rush to a blog to post a picture of Jared Carter eating a hamburger… ask yourself: How in the hell does this matter to me, other fans, or Jared Carter’s basketball ability? And when you realize it doesn’t, kindly log yourself out of facebook and delete your account.

Recruiting is fun when it’s factual and people aren’t chasing dumb rumors. Then again, I am talking to the fanbase in which every person saw Billy Donovan or had a cousin/uncle/grandma/friend who did. Get a life, honestly.

Because now, I bet Daniel Orton wished he had a life. He’s a kid. You all are adults (hard to believe?) why don’t you act like it and stop trolling facebook for these kids.

As the girls would say, stop being a bunch of creepers. Get info the real way, not through recruiting violations and facebook. They don’t ever help clarify or bring new, truthful infomation. So stop.

Or I’m calling Chris Hansen.