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> Do you have any evidence for this, or are you guessing? How do I know that facebook uses divisiveness to maximize engagement? Because that's what they said:
by mullingitover 5y ago
> Do you have any evidence for this, or are you guessing?
How do I know that facebook uses divisiveness to maximize engagement? Because that's what they said:
> “Our algorithms exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness,” read a slide from a 2018 presentation. “If left unchecked,” it warned, Facebook would feed users “more and more divisive content in an effort to gain user attention & increase time on the platform.”
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