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I’m a mobile technology marketing guy, occasional sports blogger, and I have a Redskins & Orioles problem.
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Facebook hates the Nationals and Orioles
Big weekend for my two baseball teams. The Orioles swept the Red Sox in a crazy 17-inning game where DH Chris Davis pitched two innings (and won) and now have the best record in baseball. The Nationals took two out of three from the Phillies, and the final game was nationally televised with beanballs and stealing home being prominently featured. As you would expect, my Facebook feed had numerous stories shared by the Nats & O’s fans I’m friends with. But that’s not how Facebook categorized them:
Notice that all those posts are by Baltimore/Washington fans or media outlets, yet they chose to categorize the stories by Phillies & Red Sox. Facebook even claims that the Orioles themselves are posting about the Red Sox. I made a joke on my Facebook about the Orioles part yesterday, accusing Facebook of being a bunch of pink hats, but this shows a broader bias. How does Facebook determine which team people are posting about when there are two teams involved? And why did they go the opposite way on my feed when everyone was posting about the other team (I try not to be friends with too many Phillies or Red Sox fans)?
The only logical conclusion is that Facebook has a terrible bias problem. I should start a Facebook group “A MILLION STRONG TO GET FACEBOOK TO STOP BEING BIASED AGAINST DC & BALTIMORE AND ALSO BRING BACK THE OLD DESIGN.”
For the record, I approve of the new Wizards uniforms. Even if the old ones were a low bar to hurdle.
Unsurprisingly, the Lakers bottled water is on sale.
Kinda cool UCLA/Dodgers/Lakers bumper sticker hack.
Naughty By Nature — Hip Hop Hooray (1994 NBA Remix)
This is a thing of beauty. I actually had this recorded on a VHS tape at some point, because I was A) newly into the NBA; B) a fan of Naughty By Nature; and C) a complete dork. That being said, there are some real gems in this video:
- Christian Laettner attempting to rap while wearing a turtleneck.
- These epic lines about Shawn Kemp: “Is he bionic/or a plague like the Bubonic/first round draft pick by the Super Sonics.”
- The appearance along these good players (Shaq, Mourning, Googs!) of Harold Miner, aka “Baby Jordan.” Do you remember that Miner was called that coming out of USC? Of course not - no one does. But because he was a bald guard who could dunk - hey, why not?
