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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by panopticon on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:54PM (#23317413)
I think another tangential but related issue is with how these companies measure success. They measure success by engagement, and things that drive the most user engagement aren't usually the best for the user.

YouTube has been getting a lot of flack for this recently.

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