Facebook weird suggested groups

[GGizmo]

Facebook seems to recommend groups and pages to join.

What is the most bizarre suggestion it as made for you?

I've just been suggested the Seagull Appreciation Society group.

I haven't a clue why it's suggested that. I'm not a fan of them, especially when eating fish and chips at the seaside.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Chips At the Seaside is my new band name.

 

[tom_e]

Mine seems to think I want to see all the suggested posts from canning and preserving groups

 

[Maundie]

Exploring the UK by steam train is the latest I've been suggested, not sure why as I've never looked for steam trains etc.

 

[Kenai]

The algorithm knows you better than you know yourself, you need embrace the fact you're now a weirdo seagull fancier.

 

[GreatAuk]

I remember years and years ago there was some Facebook page called something like 'the society and brethren of the venerable owl' and loads of people had liked the page. Turns out it was originally some celebrity fan page and the admin just changed the name for banter and then left it like that. Can't remember what it was actually called now...

More recently I've seen a couple of Facebook pages which appear to be some kind of town residents group or local history group etc but when you join it turns out to have been subverted to become the personal fiefdom of some weird admin who has turned the group into their propaganda channel (or has just gone power mad and bans anyone that doesn't 100% agree with them on every topic). Most recently saw a local history group (which had previously been a genuine local history group) which was run by a Reform campaigner who was posting multiple times a day, banning anyone who wasn't supportive of his posts, and deleting anything anyone else posted.

The Extreme Dishwasher Loading group I check in with sometimes can be quite funny.

 

[Oh Ed not again.]

Chips At the Seaside is my new band name.

Can I be your Bass player?