Facebook does NOT think I'm black, and now I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
I was under the impression that I was your big comfy blanky.
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shrift - Mar 22, 2018 7:56:35 pm PDT #23608 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Zenkitty - Mar 22, 2018 7:58:04 pm PDT #23609 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I should check on my abandoned LJ accounts to see if they're still alive.
I feel like I should delete FB but I won't. If I did, I'd lose touch with a few people I don't want to lose. I know they don't want to lose touch with me either, and I know that none of us are really interested in trying to find another way to stay in touch. Because life is complicated, and what we're already doing is easy. I guess basically I feel like -t said. This mess isn't my fault and I don't think that I should have to lose something that's valuable to me to fix it. FB needs to fix it. I will of course be locking down my privacy settings and not taking any more quizzes though. I wonder if they think I'm black? Probably
flea - Mar 23, 2018 1:17:34 am PDT #23610 of 30002
information libertarian
It's sort of extra funny that Facebook thinks I'm black, because maybe 40% of my posts are about Korean pop music. But Facebook doesn't think I'm Asian. (Youtube sort of does - I get MacDonald's ads in Korean now.)
Calli - Mar 23, 2018 2:14:19 am PDT #23611 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm FB black, too. (I'm also "very liberal" but that's less surprising.)
I'm not being good about articulating my thoughts, but short version: fb algorithms deciding you are black because you give a fuck is an indictment of the whiteness of fb inside. Systemic racism at work in weird but unsurprising ways.
it's probably because we all give a fuck about BLM and racism.
Yep. I'm gonna consider this a badge of giving-a-f**k honor.
Jesse - Mar 23, 2018 2:40:16 am PDT #23612 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's sort of extra funny that Facebook thinks I'm black, because maybe 40% of my posts are about Korean pop music. But Facebook doesn't think I'm Asian. (Youtube sort of does - I get MacDonald's ads in Korean now.)
I was in a meeting yesterday where someone said her 12-year-old daughter is teaching herself Korean, and I didn't have a chance to ask if it's because of K-pop, but it's totally because of K-pop.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 23, 2018 2:40:17 am PDT #23613 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Facebook does NOT think I'm black, and now I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
Right there with you. It does apparently think I'm a Republican Millennial, however.
Sue - Mar 23, 2018 2:51:54 am PDT #23614 of 30002
hip deep in pie
Data collection laws must be very different, because the only things in my profile, beside "Birthday in September" are details on the platforms and devices that I access FB with.
flea - Mar 23, 2018 2:52:01 am PDT #23615 of 30002
information libertarian
Eve is at the point where she's super annoyed at all the "basic girls" who now like K-pop. She overheard some girls wearing Vineyard Vines talking about BTS in the hallway at school and stopped to correct these total strangers about a factual error. #thatsmykidIguess #someoneiswrongbutnotontheinternet
(I am teaching myself Korean, and it is because of K-pop, but also I kept a diary in dwarf-runes when I was 16 so it's not like this is a new personality trait or anything.)
Gudanov - Mar 23, 2018 4:21:38 am PDT #23616 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
John Bolton, seriously?
So it's just a matter of time until there's a war with Iran, right?
Amy - Mar 23, 2018 4:25:30 am PDT #23617 of 30002
Because books.
I can't figure out where you all are looking to find this stuff, but Facebook has always boggled me when it comes to settings, etc.
So this morning my dad is in the ER with severe belly pain, elevated white count, and low kidney function, waiting on a CAT scan. I would like to put a stop to medical emergencies once this month is over, I tell you what.