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Note that facebook has all this data freely available. They probably run very similar analyses. But they don't act on them, or publish their results. Lack of ac
by luplex 6y ago
Note that facebook has all this data freely available. They probably run very similar analyses.
But they don't act on them, or publish their results.
Lack of access to this data is a big problem for social media researchers that needs to be solved.
- Etheryte 6y agoWhile I see where you're coming from, I don't really see how this could be addressed without very fat NDAs and a serious risk of leaking personal data. For comparison, you wouldn't expect say Apple to give researches access to their proprietary intellectual property. I very much agree with you that it could be very beneficial, I struggle to construct an argument for why Facebook should do this.
- saagarjha 6y agoOne difference is that Apple generated their own intellectual property. Facebook lays claim on other people's data.
- londons_explore 6y agoPeople working at facebook would love to publish this data, and let other researchers take a look... But the simple fact is that any high profile analysis of this data will simply further fuel debate about facebook overreach and harm facebook's business.
- Nextgrid 6y ago> People working at facebook would love to publish this data, and let other researchers take a look... Why would they love to do so considering this will end up being detrimental to Facebook's profitability and thus their compensation and/or promotion opportunities?
- d0100 6y agoBecause they would love to do it, if it didn't affect their careers detrimentally. Any study on Facebook data would generate several papers in good publications, great for the more scholarly inclined working at Facebook
- tt433 6y agoArguably hiding this data until public rage inevitably boils over is worse for Facebook long term