FaceBook Mind Games not a Shock
Robert Booth's article which charges FaceBook with manipulating the mental state and emotions of its users should not surprise anybody. If one is feeble-minded enough to to be manipulated and exploited by such profit seeking attempts, then too bad.
There is nothing unethical about trying to induce the masses to buy your stuff. How do you think people become rich? Also, perhaps FB users should figure out a way to elevate their self-esteem and make friends in real life rather than hiding behind a computer screen and stressing out when they are unfriended at FB.
I was reading about how a student believes that one of his teachers gave her a low grade in sociology class because of some perceived slight at FaceBook! That is pathetic whether it is true or false. The mere fact that FB can replace physical interaction is not healthy and folks need to get out of their house and rub elbows like in the good old days.
The Californian internet giant has published details of a massive experiment in which it manipulated information posted on 689,000 users' home pages and discovered that through a process known as "emotional contagion", it had the ability to make users feel either more positively or more negatively about things without them knowing it(things like cars, houses, vacations, PIs to find out if your husband is cheating, and anything else that costs money).
There is nothing unethical about trying to induce the masses to buy your stuff. How do you think people become rich? Also, perhaps FB users should figure out a way to elevate their self-esteem and make friends in real life rather than hiding behind a computer screen and stressing out when they are unfriended at FB.
I was reading about how a student believes that one of his teachers gave her a low grade in sociology class because of some perceived slight at FaceBook! That is pathetic whether it is true or false. The mere fact that FB can replace physical interaction is not healthy and folks need to get out of their house and rub elbows like in the good old days.
The Californian internet giant has published details of a massive experiment in which it manipulated information posted on 689,000 users' home pages and discovered that through a process known as "emotional contagion", it had the ability to make users feel either more positively or more negatively about things without them knowing it(things like cars, houses, vacations, PIs to find out if your husband is cheating, and anything else that costs money).
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