A couple of years ago I laughingly mentioned the type of banner ads Facebook was trying to match to my profile. I still chuckle about that from time to time, in fact.
But recently Twitter has started to top Facebook on the joke.
It doesn’t happen every time, of course, but it’s happened often enough that I’ve started to notice a pattern on Twitter’s top three suggestions on whom I might like to follow. When it does happen, the suggestions tend to run something like this:
Actual example #1: Patrick Stewart @ SirPatStew. (Okay, I’ve never really said anything about liking any of the many things Patrick Stewart is famous for, but I do, so I understand this.)
Actual example #2: Seth Green @ SethGreen. (Ditto.)
Fictional example (I think!): 18+SexyGrrl @ TehSexyPlace.
Wow! Really? You know what? When I signed up for Twitter, I flat out (and naively) did not expect to see something like this there! I’m not offended, of course, just a little surprised, and even more surprised that this keeps happening.
With all due respect to Sir Patrick Stewart and Seth Green, I hope they stop cluttering up my suggestion list soon.
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