Facebook tinkered with users’ feeds for a massive psychology experiment

[Psycommu]

-snip cant read i guess-

[The Gubefather]

Man, some people are dense! They slightly manipulated a 689k newsfeeds, not endangered your life!

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[trotskygrad]

I've done ethics training for research on human beings, and while this would be considered ethical if it passed their IRB, I'm starting to wonder who was on their IRB in the first place...

for those who don't know, an IRB is

"An institutional review board (IRB), also known as an independent ethics committee or ethical review board, is a committee that has been formally designated to approve, monitor, and review biomedical and behavioral research involving humans. They often conduct some form of risk-benefit analysis in an attempt to determine whether or not research should be done."

[davidrb18]

[QUOTE=benbb;45237515][QUOTE]Facebook data scientist Adam Kramer is listed as the study’s lead author[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

Giddy up

[JustExtreme]

Full study here [url]http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full[/url]

[ignhelper]

[QUOTE=Venezuelan;45237569]No, the AV Club is the Onion's sister publication that covers pop culture and is non-satirical[/QUOTE]

Sounds like a Japanese porn site

[MaxOfS2D]

[QUOTE=geogzm;45237629]i'm no expert but isn't that kind of a dick move on facebook's part given the whole ethics of experimentation thing[/QUOTE]

I feel like if they could affect people who are clearly depressed / feeling suicidal for the better this could be a good thing(still sort of unethical though...)

[Missing User]

Friend on facebook posted this: "Power + Money > Implied consent"

I dont think he realizes what he agreed to when he signed up for Facebook. They have your expressed consent.

[seano12]

[QUOTE=davidrb18;45245799]Giddy up[/QUOTE]
What are you trying to say here?

[JustExtreme]

Could this be against the Code of Human Research Ethics?

[Nafrayu]

Jokes on you facebook, i only use it to tell my friends to get their ass on skype :v:

[editline]29th June 2014[/editline]

What a terrible pageking

[Banandana]

Jokes on you facebook, i only use it to tell my friends to get their ass on skype :v: