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This seems especially devious if it's true. (I seriously doubt it is.)
by meagher 9y ago
This seems especially devious if it's true. (I seriously doubt it is.)
- 659087 9y agoWhat makes you doubt it? We know these companies have people working to exploit psychological quirks/flaws to increase engagement. We also know that ethical concerns are somewhere below the bottom of the list of considerations when creating/implementing new "features". Given the things we know, I'd be more surprised if this wasn't true.
- quadrangle 9y agoOh the cute naivete of your innocent optimistic doubts… This sort of thing is well-known, so doubting this particular case is not a well-founded doubt.
- blauditore 9y agoHow is this "well-known"? Do you have a source?
- quadrangle 9y agoI don't mean this exact case, I mean stuff like intentional slowing down of results. People don't trust results that come too quickly. We like to feel that the computer worked hard for it. E.g. Airline prices or TurboTax results. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/why-some-apps-use-fake-progress-bars/517233/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/why-s...