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Dismissing it simply because it is Facebook isn't really helpful. The article linked to several independent studies to back up their claims. It also doesn't ju
by davidcbc 9y ago
Dismissing it simply because it is Facebook isn't really helpful. The article linked to several independent studies to back up their claims.
It also doesn't just say engagement is the answer, people clicking on clickbait are engaged but the article calls that out as bad engagement despite the fact that clickbait is incredibly profitable for Facebook.
The interesting part of the article is that it actually calls out some of the biggest problems with how people interact with Facebook. It shouldn't all be taken at face value but it is an interesting well documented article.
- camillomiller 9y agoSpending precious time reading corporate propaganda disguised as objective scientific evaluation is also not helping. The truth is that Facebook has exploited something in our human psychology that was never available before. It fucks up with our heads in a way we can't even recognize because we don't really have "bad mental state" receptors wired in. I want to be lenient on Zuckerberg and his fellows: they created a Leviathan that started making more money they could ever imagine. Now they're captive in a system that for no reason whatsoever would let them scale back such monstrosity. It's not on them anymore.