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How do you define success for these experiments? Social media already is optimizing for engagement, probably the average hn commenter doesn't like those results
by tayo42 5y ago
How do you define success for these experiments? Social media already is optimizing for engagement, probably the average hn commenter doesn't like those results though.
- BuyMyBitcoins 5y agoAgreed. Wondering why social media companies aren’t trying to make the platforms less engaging is like wondering why drug dealers aren’t making a less addictive opiate.
- ausbah 5y agoobviously every platform wants engagement, they want you to use their product over others! but I think that's only part of how you define success, which obviously will differ platform to platform like I think something like "sustained high quality discussion" is good goal other spaces like HackerNews aim for