Hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash has been getting a lot of sweet messages from other people’s grandparents on Facebook - thanks to some accidental auto-tagging.
When users update their status on the social network, its auto-tag feature suggests the names of other users to tag in the post. As a result, grandparents keep tagging Grandmaster Flash when they mean to type “grandma” or “grandpa” in their Facebook posts.
On Thursday night, the master himself weighed in. “It’s true I get a lot of posts from Grandmas. Hilarious now I know why — Respect Grandma and Grandpa. P.S. This is Hip Hop!” Grandmaster Flash wrote on his Facebook page.
The Tumblr “Love, Grampa and Grandmaster Flash” has been keeping track of them all. But here is a sample:
Funny posts aside, we welcome any excuse to listen to The (original) Message:
