Inseriousity.
29-07-2014, 08:47 PM
Facebook has admitted to conducting experiments on its users and found out that people who were given more negative adverts posted more negative statuses. This has caused a lot of backlash about the lack of consent given.
"Let's call the Facebook experiment what it is: a symptom of a much wider failure to think about ethics, power and consent on platforms,"
Or alternatively,
"Based on what Facebook does with their newsfeed all of the time and based on what we've agreed to by joining Facebook, this study really isn't that out of the ordinary. The results are not even that alarming or exciting."
I mention this because OkCupid announced today that they've also conducted experiments on their users - manipulating the love/friend/enemy thing to see if someone would be attracted to someone they should technically not be compatible with - arguing that this is "how websites work."
Do you think that when you sign up to a website, it is "just how websites work" if they conduct experiments on the userbase? What experiments should Habbox do? lolol
"Let's call the Facebook experiment what it is: a symptom of a much wider failure to think about ethics, power and consent on platforms,"
Or alternatively,
"Based on what Facebook does with their newsfeed all of the time and based on what we've agreed to by joining Facebook, this study really isn't that out of the ordinary. The results are not even that alarming or exciting."
I mention this because OkCupid announced today that they've also conducted experiments on their users - manipulating the love/friend/enemy thing to see if someone would be attracted to someone they should technically not be compatible with - arguing that this is "how websites work."
Do you think that when you sign up to a website, it is "just how websites work" if they conduct experiments on the userbase? What experiments should Habbox do? lolol