One of the applications that gives me the most trouble (and the biggest headache) is Facebook and its picture tagging capabilities.  Since high school I’ve been nicknamed – much to my displeasure – “The Tourist,” so naturally, I take a lot of pictures.  I upload photos of my friends and family to Facebook frequently and have recently run into the issue of Facebook thinking it’s super smart and trying to tag my friends in the pictures for me.  I personally find it creepy that technology has gotten to the point where it can recognize my face but that’s a whole other issue in itself.  While this capability is sometimes very nice and saves me tagging time, it has also caused a lot of very awkward situations.  I have tried to turn the capability off however, Facebook usually tags people wether I like it or not.  My best friend was once tagged as my arch nemesis from high school, my current boyfriend was tagged as my ex-boyfriend…needless to say, “awksauce.”  While I do upload an exorbitant amount of photos and I appreciate that Facebook is trying to save me time with tagging, I would use an extra 10 minutes of my life to avoid those awkward situations.

Another slightly comical issue that has effected me personally through this is every time a friend uploads a photo of me, Facebook always tags it as my mother.  I’ve been told for years we look like twins but having my mother tagged in my “weekend college adventure” pictures and therefore alerted to their existence is less than ideal.