Problems we didn't have before social media

[wshaffer]

Someone liked my podcast over on Facebook, so I went over and had a quick look at his profile, because I'm curious about my listeners. And was just a bit creeped out to discover that listed among his Facebook likes were "Buchenwald concentration camp" and "Auschwitz concentration camp".

I mean, I want to think that perhaps he's just terribly interested in 20th century German history, but...seriously?

Comments

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

... uhm, wow. D:

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

*squick*

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing somebody talk about how they read a fantastic post about domestic violence or something else really traumatic, and they were about to click the "like" button. This caused them to reflect on the weirdness of "liking" stuff that you don't like, per se, but the Facebook phrasing makes it sound that way.