'Like' and the suppression of negative messages |
July 8th, 2010 |
| facebook, ideas |
Facebook gives people the option to 'like' things. When you click
the 'like' button facebook seems to make your friends more likely to
see the same thing. It functions both as an 'I approve of this'
button and an 'I think my friends should see this' button. Positive
messages like "I got into grad school" get liked while negative ones
like "I lost my job" do not. People end up thinking that life is
better for their friends than it actually is.
Referenced in: Ethics of Experimentation
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