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Re:New study: Google manipulates users into constant tracking by Tepix on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:09AM (#19054654)
The result of this A/B testing amounts to a dark patterns.

A/B testing a user choice by manipulating him/her like that seems like a no-no.

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Re:New study: Google manipulates users into constant tracking by TeMPOraL on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:27PM (#19058816)
A/B testing is the way Satan interacts with this world. Optimizing for business metrics eventually leads to dark patterns, and also provides a convenient excuse ("data says so!").
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Re:New study: Google manipulates users into constant tracking by tripzilch on Friday February 08, 2019 @08:30AM (#19113916)
Not Satan but Moloch:

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

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Re:New study: Google manipulates users into constant tracking by reaperducer on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:58PM (#19057256)
And sometimes A/B Testing is humorous.

Like when online publishers like Ars and TechCrunch A/B test headlines and pictures and I end up with a photo of singer Taylor Swift accompanying an article about Apple's iOS programming language Swift.

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