Facebook facepalm.

[randomness]

I was describing to digitalemur last week that I'd finally managed to dislodge Facebook's assumption that I was from Cincinnati. Now it thinks I'm from Montreal--certainly more plausible--but it took quite a number of "likes" to do it, where it only took two offhand "likes" (Skyline Chili and Graeter's) to get them pointed in that direction in the first place.

As we were talking I suddenly realized why Facebook decided I was a lesbian. Early on I "liked" My Drunk Kitchen. The LGBT link suggestions started not long after that.

No one would "like" Hannah Hart's comedy cooking show if they weren't themselves lesbian, right?

*facepalm*

Comments

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

The "facepalm" in this case is my being struck by the absurdity of American culture as reflected in a very facile Facebook algorithm.

Given that you're deliberately trying to avoid giving Facebook information that lets them get a close fix on you and your tastes

Actually, I'm being quite true to my interests. The facepalm comes from how changing gender identification and nothing else results in some very strange results.

You keep talking about how this makes sense for Facebook and I keep talking about how Facebook's representation of a weird society is itself weird.

Weŕe talking past each other. If you like, I can keep this up all year.