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At a lot of technology companies, there's three main goals.

Goals and Algorithms · The Social Dilemma (2020)

 

At a lot of technology companies, there's three main goals.

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There's the engagement goal: to drive up your usage, to keep you scrolling.

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Why it's worth practising

The parallel goals turn growth into a clean mechanical process; adding the algorithm makes the whole thing feel colder.

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