> The little-known group was thrust into the spotlight this week by reports about a 2012 experiment in which the news feeds of nearly 700,000 Facebook users were manipulated to show more positive or negative posts. The study found that users who saw more positive content were more likely to write positive posts, and vice versa.
Ok, this seems like it should be about as controversial as a supermarket that plays downbeat music and tests to see if sales decrease.
That's not to say that the study was manipulative, involuntary, and barely consented to, but hey, that's Facebook in a nutshell.
The tone of this article is "these studies happened with no oversight!" but it never suggests who would oversee Facebook, except Facebook, which doesn't really seem like oversight at all.
Ok, this seems like it should be about as controversial as a supermarket that plays downbeat music and tests to see if sales decrease.
That's not to say that the study was manipulative, involuntary, and barely consented to, but hey, that's Facebook in a nutshell.
The tone of this article is "these studies happened with no oversight!" but it never suggests who would oversee Facebook, except Facebook, which doesn't really seem like oversight at all.