I generally find that people are too quick to point to features as "manipulation" when they actually have benefit to the user as well: I saw this feature for t

I generally find that people are too quick to point to features as "manipulation" when they actually have benefit to the user as well: I saw this feature for the first time this morning, and my immediate reaction was mild disgust. I can't think of a single way this is remotely beneficial to me, which makes it just pure manipulation to increase engagement. Facebook truly is the poster child for sleazy tech company: I can't think of any point during their existence where they stood for anything but cold, exploit-the-user amorality, as opposed to (e.g.) Google's traditional "only earn profit by creating value" and Apple's "bring your vision to the world because it needs it"[1]. [1] I don't even like Apple as a company, but I do believe that company culture is rooted in prosocial motivations at some level, which is something I have never thought about Facebook.