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I think it's interesting how they took the warnings on creating feedback loop "bubbles" and social media addiction causes and used that as their business model.
by TheJoeMan 6y ago
I think it's interesting how they took the warnings on creating feedback loop "bubbles" and social media addiction causes and used that as their business model.
- deckard1 6y agoIt's the logical result of where we are going as a society. World of Warcraft may not have started out as a Skinner Box. But they realized what they had and used it to their advantage. The result is that all games today are casino-ified. Lootboxes, microtransactions, abstracted currency, etc. It all comes from Vegas. TikTok and apps like Robinhood are the bleeding edge of this. https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/06/17/20-year-old-robinhood-customer-dies-by-suicide-after-seeing-a-730000-negative-balance/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/06/17/20-y... Turning the stock market into a slick slot machine with all the same feedback and nudges. It's sickening, but not surprising.