Ever wonder why you didnt see that post from your friend about the new baby or why you didnt see the one about his/her mom dying well boys and girls here it is..... Facebook admits manipulating users emotions by modifying news feeds Website publishes details of experiment in which users can be made to feel better or worse through emotional contagion - forbes/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/29/facebook-doesnt-understand-the-fuss-about-its-emotion-manipulation-study/ In a nut shell - Facebook manipulated the news feeds of over 685,000 users and then monitored the posts by those users. Allowing some to see only positive stuff and others to see only negative stuff and then monitoring whether posts by those users became more positive or negative. The tested their ability to manipulate your emotions based on what content they allowed you to see. And did it without your knowledge or consent. The even tested whether they could make users angry. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY - I WILL NEITHER READ NOR POST TO FACEBOOK EXCEPT THAT I WILL LOGIN TO POST THIS MESSAGE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN SO THAT ALL MY FRIENDS CAN SEE WHAT IS BEING DONE TO THEM. I AM NOT A GUINEA PIG FOR FACEBOOKS AMUSEMENT! I GET ENOUGH OF THAT FROM OTHER MEDIA SOURCES. SHAME ON YOU FACEBOOK!!! IM GONE! For those interested... see you on google plus as [email protected]
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:15:14 +0000
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