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> I've said it before here, and I'll say it every time it's relevant What makes this one of those times?

toomuchtodo 9y ago
OP might have meant when Facebook exhibits another attribute closely resembling a skinner box [1]. Or the use of their platform as a world scale behavioral analysis experiment. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber "An operant conditioning chamber permits experimenters to study behavior conditioning (training) by teaching a subject animal to perform certain actions (like pressing a lever) in response to specific stimuli, such as a light or sound signal. When the subject correctly performs the behavior, the chamber mechanism delivers food or another reward. In some cases, the mechanism delivers a punishment for incorrect or missing responses." https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10708590/facebook-google-android-app-crash-tests https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10708590/facebook-google-a... "Facebook made its Android app crash to test your loyalty" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-activates-same-part-of-the-brain-as-cocaine.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-... "Facebook addiction ‘activates same part of the brain as cocaine’" http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886911005332 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886911... "Narcissism on Facebook: Self-promotional and anti-social behavior" https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/#1d500b85197c https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... "Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users' Emotions For Science" https://twitter.com/niftyc/status/482925976251154432 https://twitter.com/niftyc/status/482925976251154432 "#facebook emotional contagion study effect sizes are small--probably nobody was driven to suicide. #jokingnotjoking http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full …"

OP might have meant when Facebook exhibits another attribute closely resembling a skinner box [1]. Or the use of their platform as a world scale behavioral analysis experiment. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber "An operant conditioning chamber permits experimenters to study behavior conditioning (training) by teaching a subject animal to perform certain actions (like pressing a lever) in response to specific stimuli, such as a light or sound signal. When the subject correctly performs the behavior, the chamber mechanism delivers food or another reward. In some cases, the mechanism delivers a punishment for incorrect or missing responses." https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10708590/facebook-google-android-app-crash-tests https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10708590/facebook-google-a... "Facebook made its Android app crash to test your loyalty" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-activates-same-part-of-the-brain-as-cocaine.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-... "Facebook addiction ‘activates same part of the brain as cocaine’" http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886911005332 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886911... "Narcissism on Facebook: Self-promotional and anti-social behavior" https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/#1d500b85197c https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... "Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users' Emotions For Science" https://twitter.com/niftyc/status/482925976251154432 https://twitter.com/niftyc/status/482925976251154432 "#facebook emotional contagion study effect sizes are small--probably nobody was driven to suicide. #jokingnotjoking http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full …"