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> Facebook is the big bad social network that was caught playing with its users' feed to see how it would impact their mood. That is straight evil yet I would be willing to bet it never had any significant impact on their ad revenues.

How is this different from AB testing?



Yeah maybe my words weren't nuanced enough, I don't have strong feeling regarding that particular event, but it caused outrage yet I'm sure there wasn't any significant impact to the revenue of Facebook.


You said it’s straight evil. Isn’t that having strong feelings and not considering it simply A/B testing?


The study itself was portrayed as evil by most mainstream media that covered it. That's what I meant and my perception of it doesn't matter to the point I was making.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/fa... "creeped out"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... "disturbed"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-... "scandalous", "spooky" and "disturbing"




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