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Re:Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psycho... by dougmccune on Thursday November 09, 2017 @04:37PM (#15666057)
Just a minor point but I know actual psychologists (PhDs in clinical psychology) employed by Facebook, so it's definitely not just data scientists running a/b tests.
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Re:Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psycho... by shmageggy on Thursday November 09, 2017 @04:47PM (#15666109)
Not a minor point at all. Gaming companies hire psychologists too. Corporations are doing this sort of thing very deliberately and have been for a while.
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