I don't even care about her responding anymore. I definitely never hurt her. She was an angel in my eyes, but unfortunately, I see now that her wings are damaged. I ignored a number of red flags, but looking back on those plus her behavior the past 6 months, I've finally reached a point where I'm able to accept that she has some deep issues and she is not over her past hurts which is why (as she told me) she is afraid of relationships.
As for the social media stuff, all of these things are superficial until they become real 1 to 1 contact, but the way I see it is... it wasn't the simple act of her lurking, or reading, or liking, it's the fact of her doing all those things while never having answered the message; that's what made her actions strange. If you remove the message from the equation, those actions would've all been normal, but the message changed that dynamic. It was akin to going about your day as normal while a 2 ton elephant is sitting in the room. As you said, it's a weird thing to do. I should also point out the even deeply stranger part: She actually accepted the social media connection AFTER the message was sent. It wasn't as if I connected and then messaged her, the message came first, so think about how crazy THAT is...
(and I only sent it that way because I didn't know what account features she had, so I figured if she couldn't reply to the message directly due to account restrictions when not connected to me, she could connect and then be able to do it).But it's like DoubleOh8 said, some people see a value for themselves in being connected with a person even though they're not willing to work and overcome their own personal challenges to be a real presence in that connection's life. I believe Doubleoh8 nailed that one square. She's a still budding success and I'm an Executive in my field, so I can see her thinking there, except even that's strange because with her never responding to the message I don't know what she thinks my view of her would be if it came time to do business.
"My honest opinion would be to leave this thing alone and not get yourself anymore frustrated."
Well, frustration is over. I've actually been past that point for a while now. My last stage was confusion but I'm no longer caring enough to be confused anymore.
To reiterate, I'm done. I'll still be coming back here, but I won't be doing anything more at that site or doing any more concerning her contact. It just doesn't matter to me anymore.