GREEN BAY, WI – MAY 16: Jared Abbrederis #84 of the Green Bay Packers runs through some drills during rookie minicamp at Don Hudson Center on May 16, 2014 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images)
The LockerBy Andrew Bucholtz on

Twitter’s algorithms are often useful and interesting, but sometimes, they mess up, and when they do, they often mess up in a big way. That’s what happened with the service’s trends function Tuesday, which saw all the tweets about former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle’s expected guilty plea in a child pornography case and linked them to an ESPN story about Green Bay Packers’ receiver Jared Abbrederis. Here’s a photo of the mistake, from Raleigh News and Observer sports columnist Luke DeCock:

Yeah, it’s doubtful there were 52,800 tweets about Jared Abbrederis; the former Wisconsin receiver and 2014 fifth-round draft pick may be popular with Packers’ fans, but that seems like a stretch. That’s also very definitely a photo of Fogle, as Abbrederis looks a bit different. Nice try, Twitter.

About Andrew Bucholtz

Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.

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