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I think you are missing the bigger picture here. Facebook, Google, Twitter all get heat from a very small portion of the population for not moderating their pl

by belval 6y ago

I think you are missing the bigger picture here. Facebook, Google, Twitter all get heat from a very small portion of the population for not moderating their platform enough that is true. What is also true is that as far as I know we have no proof that these accusations have any impact on their bottom line. Facebook is the big bad social network that was caught playing with its users' feed to see how it would impact their mood. That is straight evil yet I would be willing to bet it never had any significant impact on their ad revenues. My aunt won't stop being on Facebook because of some controversy, the same way that my younger siblings don't care if you can see some alt-right content in a dark corner of TikTok.

arugulum 6y ago
> Facebook is the big bad social network that was caught playing with its users' feed to see how it would impact their mood. That is straight evil yet I would be willing to bet it never had any significant impact on their ad revenues. How is this different from AB testing?
- belval 6y ago
  Yeah maybe my words weren't nuanced enough, I don't have strong feeling regarding that particular event, but it caused outrage yet I'm sure there wasn't any significant impact to the revenue of Facebook.
  - skinnymuch 6y ago
    You said it’s straight evil. Isn’t that having strong feelings and not considering it simply A/B testing?
    - belval 6y ago
      The study itself was portrayed as evil by most mainstream media that covered it. That's what I meant and my perception of it doesn't matter to the point I was making. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/facebook-manipulated-users-moods-in-secret-experiment-9571004.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/fa... "creeped out" https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/#1fa88cd4197c https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... "disturbed" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-... "scandalous", "spooky" and "disturbing"

by belval 6y ago

arugulum 6y ago

> Facebook is the big bad social network that was caught playing with its users' feed to see how it would impact their mood. That is straight evil yet I would be willing to bet it never had any significant impact on their ad revenues. How is this different from AB testing?

belval 6y ago
Yeah maybe my words weren't nuanced enough, I don't have strong feeling regarding that particular event, but it caused outrage yet I'm sure there wasn't any significant impact to the revenue of Facebook.
- skinnymuch 6y ago
  You said it’s straight evil. Isn’t that having strong feelings and not considering it simply A/B testing?
  - belval 6y ago
    The study itself was portrayed as evil by most mainstream media that covered it. That's what I meant and my perception of it doesn't matter to the point I was making. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/facebook-manipulated-users-moods-in-secret-experiment-9571004.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/fa... "creeped out" https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/#1fa88cd4197c https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... "disturbed" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-... "scandalous", "spooky" and "disturbing"