Friday, 1/16

I think Facebook may have outdone itself this time. And even for them, that's saying something.

I've written in here many times about the world's most popular social media platform, and how at times it makes no sense and/or does something so unbelievable as to defy any sense of logic. Well, last night it actually did both of those, and made me laugh out loud while seeing one particular item..

And I can't say that happens a lot when scrolling through my news feed.

Here's the deal. Every 10 or so posts Facebook has this thing called “Suggested For You”, where they spotlight an individual or organization that their algorithm thinks you may want to follow. I don't know that I pay particular attention to the suggestions they make, as they often aren't that interesting or are just different versions of pages I already follow. However, while scrolling last night I did actually pay attention to this latest suggestion, one so absurd that, has I been drinking tea or water at the time, the spit take I would have done might have been the biggest spit take inn the history of spit takes.

Just who DID Facebook suggest I follow?

That's right. Facebook, in its infinite wisdom, suggested that I follow...me. I'm not quite sure how that happened; after all, I'm pretty sure that I know what I post, and that I probably don't need to follow myself to see what I'm up to. But for whatever reason Facebook thought I might find myself interesting and suggested I sign up, just to make sure that I don't miss anything I do.

That's awfully kind of them, isn't it?

I mean, I've had weird Facebook suggestions before, everything from them thinking I might need help in finding my next OB/GYN to its facial recognition software believing I'm some dude in France.

But a suggestion to follow myself? Even for Facebook, that's a new one.

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Monday is corporate holiday, which means I have myself a three-day weekend. Good thing, too, as next week is my annual “Week of Intensity”, this year with a bonus shot on insanity involved. I'll explain that when I'm back on Tuesday.

In the meantime, stay warm!

(jim@wmqt.com)