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The Twitter guy is the name social media has given to person or algorithm responsible for curating trends happening on Twitter. Usually the descriptions are accurate, and when you click on them you see stuff related to a trend. Something strange happened to today when Beetlejuice aka Lester Green started taking questions from fans, that left people wondering if the Twitter guy dissed Lori Lightfoot who is Chicago’s Mayor.
Did Twitter Guy Diss Lori Lightfoot? Details on Conspiracy Theory Twitter Guy is Calling Lori Lightfoot Beetlejuice aka Lester Green
With this particular trend the Twitter guy described it as “Lester Green, better known as Beetlejuice, is taking questions“. However, when people clicked this trend thinking they would see tweets about him, the Twitter timeline was Tweets about Lori Lightfoot too. To many people it was like the Twitter guy was saying Lori Lightfoot looks like Beetlejuice aka Lester Green.
Take look at how this strange debacle developed.
Now here’s what people saw when they actually clicked the trend. Instead of just Beetlejuice it was Lori Lightfoot tweets too. Coincidence or Twitter guy dissing Lori Lightfoot’s looks?
People on Twitter noticed the strange ‘mistake’ very quickly.
When you compare Lori Lightfoot and Beetlejuice side by side it makes you wonder if the debacle on Twitter was a result of some kind face scanning algorithm gone wrong, or the Twitter guy. As you can see Lori Lightfoot and Beetlejuice have the same expression in the photos that made them both trend under ‘Beetlejuice’.
The twitter guy might have some explaining to do, if not him then Twitter does, because that’s a bit out of pocket to say the least. Someone behind the scenes at Twitter seems to think Lori Lightfoot looks like Beetlejuice, unless the curation of trends is fully automated. If that’s the case it might be time for them to do an update.
Authors: JordanThrilla Staff
