Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jul 21, 2023
A/B testing, aka automatic remote gaslighting at scale
Show threadJohann-Tobias SchägJul 21, 2023
@foone
Yes but also:
There is something deeply democratic about A/B testing. Sadly there is so much capitalism plastered over it that it is hard to see.
Show threadWolf480pl
@freemin7 @foone
it's only democratic if you mistake people's impulses and instincts for a conscious decision
Jul 21, 2023 at 7:43pmWeb
Show threadJohann-Tobias SchägJul 21, 2023

@wolf480pl
You vastly overestimate how much peoples "conscious decisions" are actually not just impulses, instincts integrated over time shaped by contact with other humans in their environment.

Voting is not free and a vote by an unrepresentative minority can be much worse for everyone involved.