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Apr. 26th, 2017 09:01 pm
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My friend Roger (who is not a blogger of any sort) posted me this picture, found by his son, and showing the perils of letting advertising algorithms decide what you're going to show on your site. Posted with his permission:


doctor


The site appears to be wn.com - with wn standing for world news.



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Date: 2017-04-27 09:07 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] eledonecirrhosa
That is simultaneously very funny and rather horrifying!

Date: 2017-04-27 09:18 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ffutures
Yep.

Date: 2017-04-27 07:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jhall1.livejournal.com
Oops!

Date: 2017-04-27 08:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
Oh that genuinely had me rolling around the settee laughing!

Date: 2017-04-27 09:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Yep. I've suggested he send it to Private Eye.

Date: 2017-04-27 09:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
It's definitely a classic.

Date: 2017-04-27 09:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] livejournal.livejournal.com
Hello! Your entry got to top-25 of the most popular entries in LiveJournal!
Learn more about LiveJournal Ratings in FAQ (https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=303).

Date: 2017-04-27 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
And that says quite a lot about the viability of Livejournal these days, if a post with four comments is in the top 25...

Date: 2017-04-27 10:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pauldormer.livejournal.com
Reminds me of a book of misprints and the like from US papers I bought in New York many years ago. A couple were cases of the headline writer not checking beyond the first line of the accompanying story.

So

Man found dead in well

started, "The body of a man has been found in a well-kept condition".

and

Polish singer wins Nobel prize

began "Polish-born writer Isaac Bashevis Singer has won the Nobel prize for literature."

Date: 2017-04-27 03:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Yes, those are a bit crass too.
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