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From Jean-Louis Gassée:

While persuading a consumer to buy a particular brand of suds seems banal enough, keep in mind the force of Facebook’s algorithms. In order to influence buying decisions, algorithms not only push consumers in a particular direction, they can steer them away from “unwanted” conclusions by injecting biased, partial information that subtly alters the user’s landscape and changes how a product is perceived.

This is something I think about a lot. We pretend algorithms are working to find the best result for OUR needs and forget that they are working to find the best way to generate revenue.