It's easy to come across a lot of random crap on Twitter, including stuff you wouldn't expect to see or stuff that you wouldn't normally be interested in. Twitter often provides suggested content based off of people you follow or things you engage with. It also regularly shows Tweets in your feed that your followers may have "liked" or commented on.
Gotcha. So this lady is just some random woman? If so, I guess I don't see why anyone is shocked that gross people are walking the earth...
Perhaps not necessarily "random." The blue checkmark next to her name means she's been Verified by Twitter, which is just Twitter's fancy way of saying that an account of public interest is legitimate/official. Reporters, athletes, actors, famous people, public commentators, etc., are eligible to get verified. There are requirements and processes for it, though, so it's not available to the vast majority of people.
Good explanation.
That's why one of my work computer screens has Tweetdeck up and running all day - the first column is dedicated to only showing original/retweeted content by the people I follow. I have another column dedicated to showing activity that my followers do, but I rarely look at it.
All the more reason for me to stay away from it then. I've thought about joining just to follow specific people: journalists, athletes, coaches, coworkers, etc. But if you are subjected to a bunch of other trash, no thanks...
Facebook does it too but in a different way. It just shows a lot of the garbage that your followers like to share, but you'll get hit with ads and promoted items a lot, too.
