Bots and Trolls

[beetiger]

1) So, I've got this spiffy new Gmail account. It's perfect for people whose organizational style is like mine: put everything in a big-ass pile, and sort through it for what you need when you need something. It also threads conversations in email, which turns out to include putting all of the comments responding to one post in the same pile. This rocks, and I've thus moved my comment-notify forwarding to there.

However, one of the other things that Gmail does is automatically scan your email for keywords, and then gives you a sidebar of "sponsored links" (ads) and "top search results" for the thing you haven't searched for, but surely want to based on your email. I'd asked you all for advice this morning on my baby sleeping troubles, but was a bit disturbed to spontaneously get Google's opinion on the matter: good places to buy crib bedding, and warnings on the perils of cosleeping.

2)I'm apparently now an infamous furry, or something. God Hates Furries warns you about people like me! My biggest reaction is "Thank goodness, they actually pulled a picture of me that I like." (See icon.)

Comments

Re: God Yiffs All Portal Of Something Furries

[werellama.livejournal.com]

I think the real comedy lies in the fact that as pathetic as they think furries are, they spend all their time building entire websites, message boards, and even wasting their money on buying domain names—all because they've got their panties in such twist over furries. It's hard to get offended when you consider they're just screaming their lives away on the internet and that's just sad.

That's exactly what I find funny...the fact that this pathetic person has nothing better to do with their time and money.