I knew a while back that Facebook had a deal with partners to offer facial recognition to users like you and me. The offering was that it would make it easier to find friends in pictures that weren’t already tagged, easily tag and share. And it was neat.
Flash forward, I have more than [...]
I knew a while back that Facebook had a deal with partners to offer facial recognition to users like you and me. The offering was that it would make it easier to find friends in pictures that weren’t already tagged, easily tag and share. And it was neat.
Flash forward, I have more than a sneaking suspicion that Facebook has rigged the algorithms of the technology developed at UMass to recognize, well, everything. Take for example a friend of mine, who shall have his privacy protected.
Computer says:
He shaves his head. He likes coffee. What else is there to know? Let’s serve up ads for coffee and shavers, because we can assume that if people like him, they can at least tolerate the idea of Kona Coffee and whatever that gizmo is.
After getting over the creepy factor, I do have to giggle that this is what Facebook is offering in the future to leverage itself over other media channels: granular, relevant targeting of ad placements down to elements not even put into words. You know that means? Time to have a little fun with your profile picture and see what pops up! You may very well be able to control the quality of content presented to you by that old Bo Peep costume in moth balls from last year. Yes, I’m talking to you, Mr. Wentworth.
Post your greatest results in the comments! If you post a screencap, be sure to respect identities and learn a little Photoshop mosaic action or black bars. That’s more than Facebook’s doing for you 
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what if he’s balding and that’s tea?