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For every social media site XX: Question: "Why does XX do things this way?" Answer: "Because it increases engagement." Why does the Facebook algorithm do thi
by compiler-guy 9y ago
For every social media site XX:
Question: "Why does XX do things this way?"
Answer: "Because it increases engagement."
Why does the Facebook algorithm do this? Because it increases clicks.
Why does Youtube use autoplay? Because it increases watch time.
For every single social media site.
- Nition 9y agoThis article is about how while Facebook's intention is to increase engagement, it backfires in this specific case because the algorithm takes his mother's Like and interprets that as "this post will get the most engagement from family" when actually it was more targeted to outsiders.
- Bakary 9y agoFor all we know the author's experience is a fringe case and Facebook's policy in this instance is successful.
- Nition 9y agoFor sure. I just thought it sounded like compiler-guy hadn't quite understood what the article was claiming.
- compiler-guy 9y agoI understood it very well. The issue is that his case is an edge case and facebook likely doesn't care--the algorithm creates more engagement than it destroys.
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