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Why isn’t the mental health of people using its platform a priority for Facebook?
by thoughtstheseus 5y ago
Why isn’t the mental health of people using its platform a priority for Facebook?
- yumraj 5y agoBecause its revenues are dependent on users being addicted to its service. Your question is akin to asking why are crack dealers not worried about the health of their customers.
- munk-a 5y agoWell crack dealers all want their customers to be immortal customers - but they'd prefer it if their customers were customers for longer compared to alive for longer.
- yumraj 5y agoIt’s not about longevity, it’s about LTV. If the consumption, and hence value, is high, the LTV can be maximized even if the lifetime is low.
- goldcd 5y agoBut you could apply that to any business "They sell tasty food, to keep them eating it" or "They mow the green to keep them golfing on it" What business can you possibly think of tha manages to succeed without making their consumers want to consume?
- renewiltord 5y agoWell, simply because it doesn’t involve itself in it. For instance, one might well ask “Why does the Forestry department not care about the mental health of visitors?” They don’t, except incidentally, because they have an orthogonal pursuit - that of the preservation, maintenance, and accessibility of our forests.
- standardUser 5y agoI have never heard of a profit-seeking enterprise that has considered making mental health a priority and would never, ever, EVER expect one to. Or am I just missing the snarkiness of this comment?
- agogdog 5y agoWhy would it be?