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Many websites now want to play at social engineering the populace. They forget what their users want, try socially engineering those users which a great number
by davesmith1983 7y ago
Many websites now want to play at social engineering the populace. They forget what their users want, try socially engineering those users which a great number of them reject and users move elsewhere when something better turns up.
- criley2 7y agoI think it is less about wanting to social engineer, as it is becoming indebted to early investors who invest not in a small, simple and useful service but in the vision of this service being a huge profitable thing. I'd wager that many of the worst 'social engineering' pivots by websites/apps are either because they're struggling to keep up with early investor expectations, or because they've gone big and are struggling to keep up with growth and profitability at scale. Facebook didn't just wake up one day and let foreign governments undermine elections with advertisements, but, profitability is undoubtedly why they got there.
- davesmith1983 7y agoThat doesn't fit in with what we have seen. Many sites start socially engineering when they think they are big enough to dominate. I am not an expert on dating apps (especially ones for homosexuals), however the language quoted about "creating a better place" etc. Is exactly the same language I've seen by other sites that want to socially engineer. It cannot be a coincidence that many of the companies use a lot of the same phrases and language.