I feel like I just read an article by a scientist working for Philip Morris.
> They found that stressed students were twice as likely to choose Facebook to make themselves feel better as compared with students who hadn’t been put under stress.
I need a dopamine hit. Where can I get a dopamine hit? Facebooooooook!
> we recently pledged $1 million toward research to better understand the relationship between media technologies, youth development and well-being.
$1M? Seriously? They'll spend that much on the bandwidth to Milwaukee. Today. Just salary + benefits for these two people is probably close to $1M.
> We recently released suicide prevention support on Facebook Live and introduced artificial intelligence to detect suicidal posts
Dead users don't click.
> Facebook has always been about bringing people together
Um, no. The foundations of Facebook are "Wow, we can get rich shaming and and objectifying people? For the cost of bandwidth? I'm in!"
> We employ social psychologists, social scientists and sociologists, and we collaborate with top scholars to better understand well-being and work to make Facebook a place that contributes in a positive way.
And tobacco employs microbiologists, geneticists, molecular biologists, I'll bet they even employ some physicians (pulmonologists?). Oil employs organic chemists, geologists, physicists, and scads of engineers. Who you employ tells us what kind of work you do, not why you do it.
Also, that video of a white guy with a beard? That's not David Ginsberg. I can't imagine why they would pick a splash image of an old white guy with a beard in front of a wall of books though... Oh, no, I can: they're psychologists. They know how to borrow symbols to manipulate your impression of the situation.
> Um, no. The foundations of Facebook are "Wow, we can get rich shaming and and objectifying people? For the cost of bandwidth? I'm in!"
I think it's an exaggeration. Sure they want to get rich, but I don't think they have bad intentions nor use shaming. Objectifying people - yes, but they do it in a similar way most other companies do.
> Sure they want to get rich, but I don't think they have bad intentions
Zuckerberg: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuckerberg: Just ask.
Zuckerberg: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?
Zuckerberg: People just submitted it.
Zuckerberg: I don't know why.
Zuckerberg: They "trust me"
Zuckerberg: Dumb fucks.
I feel like GP was referring to the scene in Social Network where the original use of Facebook was basically a never ending yearbook party for fraternities and sororities.
> They found that stressed students were twice as likely to choose Facebook to make themselves feel better as compared with students who hadn’t been put under stress.
I need a dopamine hit. Where can I get a dopamine hit? Facebooooooook!
> we recently pledged $1 million toward research to better understand the relationship between media technologies, youth development and well-being.
$1M? Seriously? They'll spend that much on the bandwidth to Milwaukee. Today. Just salary + benefits for these two people is probably close to $1M.
> We recently released suicide prevention support on Facebook Live and introduced artificial intelligence to detect suicidal posts
Dead users don't click.
> Facebook has always been about bringing people together
Um, no. The foundations of Facebook are "Wow, we can get rich shaming and and objectifying people? For the cost of bandwidth? I'm in!"
> We employ social psychologists, social scientists and sociologists, and we collaborate with top scholars to better understand well-being and work to make Facebook a place that contributes in a positive way.
And tobacco employs microbiologists, geneticists, molecular biologists, I'll bet they even employ some physicians (pulmonologists?). Oil employs organic chemists, geologists, physicists, and scads of engineers. Who you employ tells us what kind of work you do, not why you do it.
Also, that video of a white guy with a beard? That's not David Ginsberg. I can't imagine why they would pick a splash image of an old white guy with a beard in front of a wall of books though... Oh, no, I can: they're psychologists. They know how to borrow symbols to manipulate your impression of the situation.