Retired/Autoskip
Volcanicast April 26th, 2009
Sometimes a topic recurs, be it Flurge, Danica Patrick, or the American Orient Express.
Sometimes, we just know that these recurrences are going to be boring. When that happens, we retire and/or autoskip a topic.
The Incomplete But Mostly Accurate List Of Autoskipped Topics (TIBMALOAT):
- FSU Gang (There is never anything new about them yet they keep coming up)
- School districts that close due to snow (Every winter a dozen or so of these come up, and they’re always boring. We won’t skip school districts that are searched for other reasons, like Swine Flu, or because of a shooting, or if some hottie is seen there. But for Winter Weather advisories, we just pass ‘em on by)
- Google Missiles (I just named this, and may come up with a better name in the future. A Google Missile is similar to a Google Bomb in that it plays with the search results. A Google Missile however is when someone does a TON of searches for the same topic in a short period of time in order to drum up interest for whatever that topic is)
- American Orient Express (After 5 appearances with no clue, on our part, as to Why Now, we’re retiring this topic)
- Snarky (Dane Cook told people to Google it, and they did. And did. And did. And did. We’re sick of it)
- Spoilers (If a TV show has a big twist, or a movie is just released, and people search for anything related to it, we skip the topics. This is specifically related to fiction shows. We will happily (well, not happily…) spoil who won Apprentice or how the house remodel went over on Extreme Home Makeover)
- American Idol Why Nows (We’ll still talk about the search terms, but we’re allowed to make up the Why Now simply because we’re getting sick of talking about American Idol)
- Facebook/Social Network scam/spam stuff (Quit clicking those links you don’t know, people)
If you can think of anything we should (or did, and didn’t list here) retire or autoskip, send an email on over to volcanicast@gmail.com and let us know.
