And of course, for more controversy, we could always replace "suicide" with other kinds of unwanted behavior. I can't shake the feeling that social networks ar

And of course, for more controversy, we could always replace "suicide" with other kinds of unwanted behavior. I can't shake the feeling that social networks are sleepwalking towards the very primitive versions of whatever the human analogue of a Skinner box is. I know gamification is a thing. Along with the other types of psychological manipulation in games. But this feels different to me. I get that suicide prevention is a prima facie positive, but I wonder what Facebook's ethics board has to say about this type of behavior in general. I guess in 20 years it will probably be just like advertising. We know it's inherently manipulative, but try to ignore what we know to be it's goals. And lie to ourselves and eachother about the extent to which it can alter our behavior.