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Re:Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple... by tmpz22 on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:26PM (#25423569)
Think about it, they did experiments knowing negative sentiments like anger, fear, anxiety, sadness, despair were likely potential outcomes. They were so prepared for those negative outcomes to occur that they went out of their way to measure it. They did these experiments against thousands (millions?) of users.
Re:Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple... by thelean12 on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:01PM (#25423983)
Those outcomes are likely on any A/B test. Just because you don't measure it, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Re:Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple... by tmpz22 on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:16PM (#25424127)
Except they induced the experiment. If your A/B test might negatively affect millions of people, and the only upside is your quarterly bonus, maybe it is immoral to be running those tests.
Re:Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple... by scotu on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:39PM (#25424328)
is any AB test ethical if done with unwilling partecipants?