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Maybe she is in a holdback experiment. To understand how a feature affects the metrics (such as running ads), they often have some people in a holdback. I worke
by TN1ck 2y ago
Maybe she is in a holdback experiment. To understand how a feature affects the metrics (such as running ads), they often have some people in a holdback. I worked there and we did have such experiments for our features.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoIsn't that pretty unethical without an IRB and informed consent?
- MBCook 2y agoI mean, it’s Google.
- ta1243 2y agoThe is the advertising industry, unethical is their middle name
- recursive 2y agoHow does ethics even come into this? They didn't require consent to show ads in the first place. Why require consent to not show ads?
- immibis 2y agoThat's academic ethics. Academia holds itself to a high standard - voluntarily. Used car salesmen do not.
- RockRobotRock 1y agothis comment is hilarious no matter how you look at it