zUdio t1_jbgjpro wrote on March 8, 2023 at 9:55 PM

Reply to comment by DevAnalyzeOperate in New Bill Could Ban TikTok, Other Foreign Technology Products in US Over Data Collection Concerns by donnygel

> their data scientists brainwash people into clicking on ads for products and services

you have no clue how any of this works. I work as a data scientist (with experience in social) and algos work by auto-selecting whatever it is, out of the millions of features you serve it, works to make you click or stay on screen longer. When it notices you spend more time looking at cats, it servers more things related to cats. There is no data scientist “brain washing” people.

DevAnalyzeOperate t1_jbgt236 wrote on March 8, 2023 at 10:57 PM

You are literally describing how data scientists can systemically modify behaviour while denying that they can lol. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

Nobody would pay data scientists a cent if they couldn't get people to click on the advertising links they wanted them to click on at the end of the day. Their purpose is manipulation on the behest of moneyed interests (and potentially national interests). That's the game - behaviour modification - but I guess it's easier to retain staff when they believe a lie.

zUdio t1_jbi19sh wrote on March 9, 2023 at 4:34 AM

You should talk to your therapist about possible cluster A issues. Just sayin.