Interesting

One thing I noticed as I was looking through my fake Facebook account was that the ads that appear on the side of the screen are radically different than those I get on my normal account. Now, I know it's no secret that Facebook uses information from your profile to place advertisments in which it thinks you'll be interested (hence all of the ads I usually get are for websites to order books, and, oh yes "single gay women in your area." thanks Facebook.) But it never struck me just what this means. Because now all the ads on my sidebar are for Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers and reality tv shows and shopping.. it's actually pretty funny, but also a little disturbing. Because it makes me feel like one day Facebook will be able to read my mind. On a lighter note, at least I have fooled Facebook into thinking that my alter ego is a real person with a legitimate interest in all things pop culture. But Facebook doesn't really care whether I physically exist or not, as long as it can potentially sell things to me. One internet entity accepts another as "real." An interesting concept, maybe.