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A comment on Washington Post’s ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content for Clicks. Parent comment

Re:Washington Post’s ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content for Cl... by alanh on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @03:36PM (#11075769)
You seem to be lacking perspective. The deterioration of both journalism and basic respect for the reader isn’t “just” anything.
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Re:Washington Post’s ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content for Cl... by AznHisoka on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @09:46PM (#11077919)
Actually, my comment was from a different perspective. The article seemed to talk about the technology as it was complex, and ground-breaking. I'm saying.. it's not so special - it's just A/B testing, not some rocket science thought up from Mr. Bezos. I actually agree with you - I hate this too.
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