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100% agreed on the ethics note. Calling it 'dopamine' is also pretty remorseless. Interestingly, the creators of the like button and pull to refresh, and others
by Torn 9y ago
100% agreed on the ethics note. Calling it 'dopamine' is also pretty remorseless. Interestingly, the creators of the like button and pull to refresh, and others, are pushing back against this 'attention economy': https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphon...
- RAB1138 9y agoPaul (author on that piece) is wonderful! Not so much remorseless, we were just shooting for contrarian and attention grabbing...And here we are....knee deep in front page of HN hate mail...
- lawnchair_larry 9y agoYou are making the world a worse place.
- Grangar 9y agoCalling negative comments hate mail speaks volumes about you.
- ivm 9y agoYou are building a Zynga-like company and writing vague comments instead of direct answers here. Why do you expect positive replies?