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Observe how this amounts to crime. The platform has motive: -newly single users attract more views -newly single users are worth more to advertisers because the
by xherberta 4y ago
Observe how this amounts to crime. The platform has motive:
-newly single users attract more views
-newly single users are worth more to advertisers because they’re likely to spend on appearance, travel, new hobbies, and big ticket items formerly shared with a partner.
The platform also has opportunity because it has data on exactly what content has highest probability of nudging a particular user to break up. (Perhaps the “you are being abused by a narcissist” stuff others have mentioned works nicely.)
(See also Shoshanna Zuboff)
- xherberta 4y agoCrime as in algo crime; there are not humans pulling a lever labeled “trash this relationship.”