Take Michael Lankton, from Connected Internet and Pseudoexpert.com, as an example.

A while back, Mr. Lankton left his Facebook page unsecured. As a result, someone (I won’t say who) announced on Mr. Lankton’s update page that Michael Lankton has switched teams and now loves men much more than he ever liked women.

That same evil person made Michael Lankton a fan of John Tesh and Britney Spears. This was an especially interesting touch because Mr. Lankton is a self-professed lover of what can only be termed “Death Metal.”

And yes, he’ll call it something else, but that’s what a pseudoexpert does – they pick and pick at stuff until someone hits them with a claw hammer.

So Michael Lankton comes back to the office, discovers the quick, obvious change to his profile and deletes the wall post.

Unbeknownst to him, however, he remains a fan of John Tesh and Britney Spears. This state of intense fandom stays in place for at least for a few hours until he finally catches the change and un-fans himself from Britney Spears and John Tesh.

Apparently this was long enough for Facebook to figure out Michael Lankton’s deeply hidden state of Britney Spears and John Tesh fandom. It doesn’t matter that Mr. Lankton stopped being a fan. All that matters is that he was once a fan.

Once a fan, always a fan, Mr. Lankton.

Michael Lankton Loves John Tesh

Michael Lankton Loves Britney Spears

Don’t deny your love for these artists, Mr. Lankton. Facebook knows all, and tells all.

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