[mokash]

consider that the goal of facebook is not to build a 'good product for the world'. facebook exists to 1) keep your attention 2) extract as much data as it can 3) make inferences where necessary/possible 4) sell targeted ads.

facebook is an ad business. to that end, they do try to improve the user experience wherever necessary to advance the goals stated above, but that's it.

[TEP_Kim_Il_Sung]

5) psychological studies 6) modify your behaviour 7) train AI

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook...

[baby]

It definitely wasn’t for the longest time, it’s only once they started getting revenue from ads that they became this behemoth.