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Weird Al post causes Bluesky 'Weird Al' topic to show unrelated Florida posts

musicMay 24, 202617154

A single post by "Weird Al" Yankovic saying he was in Florida caused the "Weird Al" topic on Bluesky to surface unrelated Florida posts instead of artist-related content. Clicking the "Weird Al" topic filled the feed with Florida-focused items, including weather notes, tourist photos, and a post titled "Boss Cat Puts On Sunglasses," rather than announcements like Yankovic's Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour. The tagging quirk buries official updates and makes it harder to find artist news, highlighting fragile topic-matching that links location words to the wrong subject.

Moosebones
@moosebones.bsky.social

Weird Al is trending because bluesky thinks all posts with the #Florida hashtag are about him for some reason Great vibe-coded website youve got here guys lmao

screenshot of the trending tab showing "Weird Al" at the top and a bunch of unrelated posts talking about Florida
5955d ago
TallGrassMedia4

On the upside, nothing has happened to Weird Al, so there's something to be grateful for.

Thomas Knapp (chemiclord)2

Ya know, if it linked to weird ALABAMA stories, it would at least kinda make something approximating sense, at least.

Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author
@stephens.website

Weird Al made a post about being in Florida, so now if you click on "Weird Al" in Trending, you get a bunch of posts that are about Florida, not posts about Weird Al. That's it. I'm hiding the Trending feature. It never works.

6055d ago
surfdude297

yeah the Bluesky team knows that Trending needs a lot of work, rebuilding it is on their roadmap

chico-and-boots.bsky.social3

I thought it was just me.

FrodoCop 💖 PRIDE 4EVA 🦄2

It used to work, but I noticed when Twitter's trending section changed, making it nearly unusable.... so did bluesky's I think BlueSky is just stealing Twitter's code, and that's why they call it, "vibe coding", cause it's just theft

Lia Kim2

Has the trending thing ever been good 😭 I've only tried it a couple times and never have I been pleased with it

m_r_m_2

Ditto. This happens way too often.

Auntie Hero
@faerienuff.bsky.social

The programming for trending topics on this site is beyond fucked. Every post mentioning Florida is flagged as a "Weird Al" trending post. Every post mentioning Lewis is a "Terry Pratchett" post, even though the vast majority of those have nothing to do with those topics. Who coded this, ChatGPT?

655d ago
Gregg Levine
@greggjlevine.bsky.social

As far as my screen is concerned, “Weird Al” and “Weird AI” are the same thing.

555d ago
Kira
@kirrahkween.bsky.social

- Weird Al Yankovic is trending - clicks on it - top post is Weird Al saying he landed in Florida - every other post is about some guy winning 500k in court bc he said things about Charlie Kirk - what

455d ago
🦇River Lycoris🦇
@nyxi-styx.bsky.social

QTP! First: Weird Al Last: Avatar Next: hopefully Weird Al for a 3rd time

355d ago
Elsiemon
@elsiemon.bsky.social

This app is so bad, Weird Al is trending but it's all stories about Florida... The reason? Because he said he was in Florida just once

Al Yankovic e @alyankovic.bsky... •1h • Joined May '23 Just landed in Florida - I'm offic BACK ON THE ROAD!! The 20 Bigger & Weirder Tour starts.... Monzo (Dirtbag Left... @nequ... • 30m Florida Biologist Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post Wins $485K Settlement #ScienceSky #AcademicSky #MedSky
355d ago
Chain of Memeries
@sirladysketch.com

Why is Weird Al trending and when you click into it, it's all random stuff about FL weather? (probably the vibe coding, lol)

255d ago
Tom Gehrke
@tomg.me

Go home, @bsky.app. You're drunk. The "Weird Al" trending topic is simply showing any post referencing Florida. Whatever have been done to Trending recently has rendered it largely ineffective.

255d ago
UberGoose
@ubergoose.bsky.social

i hate seeing "Weird Al" and having to wonder if it is about ai being weird, or one of the most culturally important musicians in history, ai does a lot of evil shit but this crosses a line

255d ago
𝕮𝖗𝖔𝖜 𝖔𝖋 𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓
@discrowpanik.bsky.social

I clicked on "Weird Al" in tending earlier and got exactly one Weird Al post and a bunch of posts about Florida. ... I think trending is broken. 🤨

255d ago
Casper Moses
@casperherself.bsky.social

Okay, Bluesky needs to fix its Trending feature. I clicked on Weird Al and got a bunch of stuff about Florida.

255d ago
Analoren
@analoren.bsky.social

Not sure why Weird Al is trending or why clicking on it reveals car crashes and charlie kirk.

155d ago
lostmymind.bsky.social
@lostmymind.bsky.social

I wonder if Weird Al knows he's trending because Bluesky assosiates his tweet with EVERY tweet containing the word "Florida", throughno fault of his own.

155d ago
Reuben Baron
@rubigb.bsky.social

Weird Al posts about going to Florida, then every Florida post trends under “Weird Al”

155d ago
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weirdal.comBigger & Weirder 2026 Tour | "Weird Al" Yankovic

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