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I won't hold it against them because it's already happened and inevitable, but part of me mourns the fact that most of what I'll see across social media will in

I won't hold it against them because it's already happened and inevitable, but part of me mourns the fact that most of what I'll see across social media will increasingly be A/B tested manipulative marketing crap. I have no problem with the particular touching video; I just resent the blockbuster mentality. Imagine that everyone on HN were actively optimizing what they say according to what gets voted up. Sound good?

zmitri 13y ago
That does occur on HN all the time. The titles of blog posts are targeting to entice people to click through. It's a psychological thing -- can I get someone to click on this before they have a second to really think about it. I agree it's very unfortunate.