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0 pointspanarky11y ago0 comments

Advertisements for consumer products are effective precisely because they cause psychological and behavioral changes in consumers.

Companies rigorously test and refine ads to manipulate emotions and behavior on a scale two or three orders of magnitude greater than Facebook's experiment.

Is Facebook's experiment different because they published the results in an academic journal?

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hyperpape11y ago

I tend to think this experiment is a good example of where informed consent is a limited model. Nonetheless, academic researchers are committed to not do this kind of thing, and breaking your commitments isn't awesome.

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