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Note to other commenters: No one gives a shit that you are an exception. It not surprising that there are outliers or that HN has a lot of them. You either don'

Note to other commenters: No one gives a shit that you are an exception. It not surprising that there are outliers or that HN has a lot of them. You either don't understand the non-value of your anecdotal evidence or you are a narcissist who thinks we care about how you talk to your friends. I expected that most people would be talking about how weird it was that the first application considered was to give a small advantage to niche marketing. I had always thought the idea of a panopticon society was troubling but if you're telling me that I'll get better targeted spam because marketers will know who my friends are then I'm sold!

hrktb 15y ago
What other trivial commercial use would there be ? On an other topic there are diseases like food alergies that can only be cured by a specific diet. They can be heavily handicaping but can't be cured by medecines, so don't get any love from pharmatical companies and are ridiculously under-researched. Even though more than 1% of a population can be subjected to this kind of deceases. Why would it be weird or surprising that research in casual communication and social behavior would be primarily targeted at marketing and sales ? >you are a narcissist who thinks we care about how you talk to your friends. I guess they would be right, commenting on a post centered on how people respond to friends.