From the book "Ten Arguments for Deleting Your
#Social #Media Accounts Right Now" by
#Jaron #Lanier:
"On social networks, the manipulation of social emotions has been the easiest way to generate rewards and punishments. That might change someday, if drones start dropping actual candy from the sky when you do what the algorithm wants, but for now it’s all about feelings that can be evoked in you—mostly, feelings regarding what other people think". :)