The original name of the feature actually was "stalkers" — that's how it was presented to users before 2010 or so. The site had a lot of dark humor then. The wo

The original name of the feature actually was "stalkers" — that's how it was presented to users before 2010 or so. The site had a lot of dark humor then. The word "stalk" also works as a clarifying synonym for "visit" in the code because "visit" could refer e.g. to the user's visit to the site itself.