Episode 243: The Nature of Exchange, pt. 1
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What You Want Is What Makes You Anxious
Francis Hagen appeared in the news saying that Facebook's algorithm was intentionally showing people things to make them angry. But what we see here is the same phenomenon again, a company giving customers what they want. And everybody loves being outraged so they can call everybody else rude and bizarre names. There's no doubt that this actually works in Facebook's favor, but it's kind of ridiculous.
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