Meta lays off 11,000 people

Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by fragmede on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:52PM (#33535293)

The specific test that did it for me, is that Facebook ran this experiment where they logged users out and then wouldn't let them log them back in despite the correct password, just to toy with them to see how long/hard they would keep trying to login, in order to see how addicted they were to Facebook.

I was in the "B" group, and felt so humiliated at how many times I tried to reset my password to get into Facebook.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by anonomousename on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:14PM (#33535640)

Is there any evidence of this? Especially for people that use a password manager, this seems incredibly stupid on Facebooks side.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by strulovich on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:15PM (#33535646)

Never heard of this one. Any articles about it?

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by fragmede on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:12PM (#33536441)

It was a footnote in the wake of the main psychological experiments facebook ran on its users back in 2014*, which is overshadowing my searches for this particular detail.

* https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook...

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by barrenko on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @03:43PM (#33537548)

Others have done it after as well. Hell, it may not have originated at FB.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by warkdarrior on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:15PM (#33540259)

The GP forgot their password, couldn't get back in, and made up a story to mask their shame.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by rjbwork on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @01:14PM (#33535627)

Wow. That is insanely user hostile and borderline gaslighting/psychological torture. That is truly one of the most insane experiments I've ever hard of someone running.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by anthonypasq on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:36PM (#33536744)

i agree, Zuck should be put on trial for violating the Geneva convention because some people couldnt log into facebook.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by kuramitropolis on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @03:30PM (#33537408)

I still get that sometimes - I think someone left it on for all the Tor nodes in Germany...

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by techsplooge on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:06PM (#33538632)

Oops! I think I may have been part of the team that ran that test. I get that you're annoyed but tests like that give us really valuable insights that help us make the product better :)

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by ulchar on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:18PM (#33538807)

Could you give an example of the insights you gained by running this experiment?

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by techsplooge on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:26PM (#33538933)

We can look at the different demographics of people who tried to log in less than others, and try determine why they aren't as hooked as others, and work to rectify by improving their experience!

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by rrradical on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @06:12PM (#33539531)

Certainly an interesting contribution to the world.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by andromeduck on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @06:38PM (#33539798)

I had this happen to me I think, and another case where half my links/screenshots would randomly get censored. Not just like random blogs/tweets/forums but even to super mainstream stuff like wikipedia/cnn/bbc.

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