> I think Facebook has a strong motivation to tailor the newsfeed algorithm to keep you longer on Facebook I agree, though you take that to mean they must want

> I think Facebook has a strong motivation to tailor the newsfeed algorithm to keep you longer on Facebook I agree, though you take that to mean they must want to show the user things she likes. Me personally, the best way to keep me on anything is to show me someone making an almost good argument but with a few crippling flaws. I'll spend hours on the rebuttal. That said, I believe you're right that Facebook skews towards your likes over intelligently tailoring the stream for us argumentative folks.