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> Maybe there's metrics that show it increases engagement (which I'd believe, since it kindof fits with the studies that say an uncertain reward is more addicti
by vanderZwan 9y ago
> Maybe there's metrics that show it increases engagement (which I'd believe, since it kindof fits with the studies that say an uncertain reward is more addictive than completely predictable reward)
I wonder how much of those metrics are false positives due to people scrolling more in frustration to find the user updates that they are missing
- lou1306 9y agoYou might be on to something. "Hey, did you see what $mutual_friend has posted on Facebook this morning?" Cue 15 minutes of scrolling past two-weeks-old posts
- vanderZwan 9y agoRealises they could have searched for that friend and opened their profile Cue 15 more minutes of scrolling before realising they're two months back because they missed the actual post, because Facebook does not show every update by default