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> surveiling user behavior and selling behavior modification This is fine in my book as long as they involve more sociologists/psychologists in the process, ar
by kodz4 7y ago
> surveiling user behavior and selling behavior modification
This is fine in my book as long as they involve more sociologists/psychologists in the process, are transparent about unintended consequences and what behavior modification they are indulging in.
The thing that is becoming clearer and clearer from the data accumulating about people's behavior is left to themselves ALL people have low awareness of their own damaging behavior. Whether it's to themselves, their families or communities. Those that do have some awareness have little clue about how to climb out of holes. Spotting issues early, alerting/educating people about them and showing them what options they have to improve their own behavior is a huge opportunity to do good.
- JohnFen 7y ago> This is fine in my book as long as they involve more sociologists/psychologists in the process, are transparent about unintended consequences and what behavior modification they are indulging in. Even with your conditions, this would be the exact opposite of "fine" in my book. The involvement of sociologists/psychologists would make it even worse.
- politician 7y agoIt's like being force-fed drugs and then saying that this is ok because doctors have approved it.
- kodz4 7y agoWhy? These fields have never had access to this level of data. What they bumbled about doing in the past without all the data, cannot be used to judge what their impact is going to be in the future with it.
- JohnFen 7y agoI'm confused as to what you're saying here. Are you saying (as I originally thought) that the involvement of sociologists and psychologists makes manipulating users more acceptable? Or are you saying, as it sounds like here, that access to Facebook data is good for the fields of psychology and sociology? In any case, the involvement of socio/psychologists in the process of user manipulation makes the situation worse precisely because it could very likely make that manipulation more effective.