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by Permit 1611 days ago
> manipulates her emotional state for profit.

Can you share more on this? I've heard they conducted large-scale studies of emotional state[1], but I never heard about a link to profit before.

[1] https://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788

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It's not that they have a plan to abuse people for money. It's just that being opposite of boring gives them profit. Outrage brings engagement. Engagement brings time on the platform and ad clicks.
They manipulate for engagement, more time on site, to show more ads.
If that is the extent of this line of reasoning then I guess I am in agreement with dvt. That doesn't seem "bad" to me in the least. I thought cr__ was sharing new information regarding the often criticized study I linked above.