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No, it would not be my job to decide which discussions should a user be driven to.

If a user is driven to political discussions, so be it.

Sure, this is good for the company because it means the user will spend more time on the platform, but it is a side effect really.

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>> No, it would not be my job to decide which discussions should a user be driven to.

But facebook feels it's their job to drive certain thing to users. That's the whole point as far as they can tell. I disagree too.

I would think engagement would be a core metric you would be measured against in this example. And if that’s the case, this certainly isn’t a side effect.

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