Massive Facebook glitch floods users’ feeds with celebrity posts

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Massive Facebook glitch floods users’ feeds with celebrity posts
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A serious glitch in Facebook’s algorithm has flooded users’ feeds with random fan messages posted to huge celebrity accounts such as Taylor Swift, Shakira, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and Eminem.

Remember all those random celebrity pages you liked on Facebook when you were 14? Well, if you logged on to Facebook on Wednesday afternoon you certainly got a reminder.

Users have clocked on to the meltdown and have started spamming celebrity accounts with posts and memes, exacerbating the chaos on the platform. More opportunistic users are posting QR codes to their PayPal and Cash App accounts or plugging their businesses and Spotify accounts.

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