The dangers of absent minded "liking".

So, I have this friend that's a big fan of the Adams Family and uses one of the characters names as an email handle.

And I have an Instagram account.

Instagram sends you recommendations when people follow you. Follow you back.  

I rarely post on Instagram, but some folks follow me for some reason.

Most of those people I know, of course.  So its photos of their travels, family, kids, etc.  

And some of them are outdoor themed.  I have pages I've liked that are outdoor photos, hunting photos, gun dogs, and the like.

So when I got a recommend, with the same or a really close email handle to my friend, I just absent mindedly hit a "like" and forgot about it.

I was a little surprised, as my friend isn't very active on social medial. Hardly active at all.  And I sort of associate Instagram with people who like to take photographs, which I also don't associate with this friend. But, none the less. . .

Well, several days went by.

Instagram apparently recommends things you've liked to your friends, which includes my wife, who sent me a text later about "you might want to unlike (or whatever the word is) this page".

Well, sure enough.

The page I'd like, and hadn't looked into or vetted in any fashion, was run by somebody who has a distinct interest, maybe a exclusive interest, in boobs.

Now, I'm still not entirely certain it isn't my friend and in some ways it makes some sense.  Years ago I had to tell this fellow, who is otherwise an extremely nice person, hey, don't email me boob photos.  He didn't do this often, but he did occasionally, and always off of a work computer.  They were of the joking meme type, as in "Police Bust", which would be a topless model in some sort of police uniform.  Hah, hah . . . whatever.

But the link my wife sent me was more of the simple big boob type and that would really surprise me.

So, lesson here.  

Don't "like" absent mindedly.  At least check what you like, if you are going to like anything, least you find that your recommending something that you don't recommend.

Technology is truly ruining everything.