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This was my first reaction as well - sounds cute and prankish until you’re one of the students negatively affected. Meeting people is part of the college exper

This was my first reaction as well - sounds cute and prankish until you’re one of the students negatively affected. Meeting people is part of the college experience, and I definitely met people who attended classes with a higher female ratio in the hopes of meeting someone. But there’s a big difference between “I’ll take an acting class because there’s a lot more women there”, where you might just happen to learn something, and “I’m going to effectively run a class and control the situation so attractive students get an advantage by hanging out with me”

sacnoradhq 4y ago
It's curious how a particular app changes the language and interaction culture of behavior. For example, there was a Facebook course at Stanford by a self-styled persuasion researcher who delved into how user interfaces and appearances of websites forms the basis of an impression in the viewer's mind. And then, from that basis, encourages or discourages behavior based on the technical behavior of the website. From there, it would then influence and shape the individual's beliefs and attitudes as much as any traditional PR manufacturing of consent. (Cambridge Analytica, 2016 Russian US election hack)