Well I understand that feed manipulation is expected. After all, everyone knows they manipulate their feeds to expose sponsors and advertising. I have no proble

Well I understand that feed manipulation is expected. After all, everyone knows they manipulate their feeds to expose sponsors and advertising. I have no problems with the actual manipulation. My problem is with the goal of the manipulation in this case. Its not something like "persuade people to view pages". Its (as I understand it) "make people sad" or "make people happy". As someone who personally battles with emotional episodes, could something like this have inadvertently triggered an episode for me? Can I prove it? Some people have put forward the argument that advertising is by definition a mood influencer and we see it everywhere. However, that doesn't mean that we allow all advertising. We frown on tobacco advertising because it influences people to buy an unhealthy product. We frown on displaying unhealthy bodies because of the impact it has on our self-images. tl;dr; I'm not saying feed manipulation is bad. I'm saying the goal of the manipulation in this case was potentially ill-conceived.