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Cake day: August 9th, 2023

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  • I certainly remember when it really ramped up. I recall a “prankster” a little over 10 years ago who went to jail for going to “the hood” with a mystery package that he implied held a bomb. People online have been terrible for a long while, but this nonsense wasn’t recommended to me for several years. I can only imagine what might have spurred the algorithm to believe that race baiting was worth recommending.

    As an aside, trump ruining the internet further wasn’t on my bingo card.


  • Clickbait is going too far. I clicked a recommended video the other week. It was a professional power lifter pretending to be a janitor to elicit reactions as he swept weights aside like nothing was there. The thumbnail was about a black man raging at the power lifter for misleading him.

    My first thought was “this can’t be real. There’s no chance anyone reacted that way to minor chicanery.” Sure enough, the black dude was incredibly nice. The power lifter put up a racial stereotype with the guy’s face attached solely to get views. What if someone he knew saw the thumbnail and started wondering about him? The modern internet is a dumpster fire and I hate it.