Need help analyzing social media signals

[Meeksauce]

So there's this girl I like, and I made eye contact with her in the hallway for like 5 seconds and she gasped when we got close - I liked some of her Instagram stories after that, and she actually deleted one of them the moment after I liked it.

She is friends with my ex, and I liked one of her stories the other day, she went private and then the gasp girl/her friend deleted her account, then my ex deleted her account the day after. I can't help but feel like they both like me right now but maybe are conflicted. After I first liked the friend's story after the eye contact, she posted a story where she was at a concert with my ex.

If my story liking was a problem, they would've just blocked me. That's way more simple than an account deletion, which affects thousands of their follows - you don't do that to distance yourself from someone. You block them if they're a problem or just make your account private. If there's a deep emotional conflict between me/friend/ex this is much more like what you would expect. I know the default answer is to say I'm reading too deep, but I really feel like it's all connected.

Let's say one of her friends asks "why did you delete your account?" You really think it's normal and rational for her to say "oh, this one guy was liking a lot of my stories so I wanted to create some distance"? It really doesn't seem to fit that at all.

My endgame here is definitely with the friend, my overall read is that there are some conflicted feelings, although it's possible the account deletion was a positive signal to me. Maybe I'm connecting too many dots and it's actually a way to say "back off, I need space". It's just something about her deleting her entire account instead of just blocking me makes me feel like it could be positive.

Thoughts?

[Hojo]

Making eye contact means nothing.

Sounds like they blocked you.

Edited 15 hours ago by Hojo

[meta_male]

10 hours ago, Meeksauce said:

Thoughts?

It all seems profund and connected. But there is zero signal. If she wanted to give you a signal you would know for sure. Instead of analyzing ask her if she wants to grab a coffee sometime.

Edited 12 hours ago by meta_male

[aurum]

@Meeksauce

Don't speculate.

Just initiate something with the friend and you'll have your answer.