Photo-Selection Algorithm Fail

[marydell]

Add running right now on Huffingtonpost.com:


[description of image: this is an instance of a ubiquitous "Obama Asks Moms to Return to School" web ad that talks about Pell grants, but instead of being illustrated with an image of an ostensible mom, it has a photo of a long-haired, bearded shirtless white dude]

Comments

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Mom!

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

That...is too weird. What a total disconnect.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Jesus!

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

my brain popped up with Animal (muppets) saying "mama?"

thanks for the giggle. :)

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

That's just so, er, hip.

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

Now, if the ad had a line about how "Going to school could make this guy only a memory," or "College: this dude did not go there."

[readinggeek451]

I just saw that ad, with the same picture, on Yahoo.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

I saw a car-insurance ad featuring the same pic...I think someone might have hacked an ad service. Or an ad service has some goofy pictures in their DB.