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I think over the years, there have been enough news articles about Facebook recommending conspiracy theory groups for most employees to have a good idea of how
by sp332 5y ago
I think over the years, there have been enough news articles about Facebook recommending conspiracy theory groups for most employees to have a good idea of how engagement was driven. Every news organization researched how to get clicks, so it's not a secret that articles with more-negative headlines get more engagement. Remember the employee walkout? There is plenty of awareness within the company about how the sausage gets made.
- scns 5y agoMy guess would be, that weighting negative stimuli higher was an evolutionary advantage. The individuals that listened birds did not survive, those wary of predators did.