Were all scientific test subjects on Facebook--literally. - TopicsExpress



          

Were all scientific test subjects on Facebook--literally. :-/ Facebook data scientists tweaked the algorithm that determines which posts appear on users’ news feeds—specifically, researchers skewed the number of positive or negative terms seen by randomly selected users. Facebook then analyzed the future postings of those users over the course of a week to see if people responded with increased positivity or negativity of their own, thus answering the question of whether emotional states can be transmitted across a social network. Result: They can! avclub/article/facebook-tinkered-users-feeds-massive-psychology-e-206324?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=Default%3A1%3ADefault
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:00:48 +0000

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