How often do you look people up online and do you think it’s creepy?

I’m genuinely curious. I feel like when I meet new people—especially if I want to be friends—I’ll often look them up online. I’ll look at their socials etc. There’s a bit of internet stalker in most people (i think?)

I never thought this was weird, BUT recently, a coworker has been doing this to me and it feels…creepy? First, he found a very, very old thing I self-published (over a decade ago) that is pretty difficult to find; it’s searchable, but would just take some deep googling as my name isn’t tied to it directly. I found out because I walked into work one day, and he was showing it to all of our coworkers. It’s nothing bad, I was just taken a back and surprised.

Yesterday, I was talking to a different coworker about a trip. And they said “Oh I know, didn’t you do X? PERSON showed me pics from your instagram” He’s done other stuff like this, where he will find something about me online, and then share it with the others, often before talking to me about it.

I’m trying to pin down why this feels weird. Because he’s not doing anything wrong or that I haven’t done. I think it’s just that he is showing other people before talking to me? He and I did not talk at all about my trip before he showed my other coworkers insta photos.