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I think this is extremely common for social networks to experiment with this kind of things. Trying out various blends of user experience, social circles and so on to see what best converts users to premium members.

Not saying it's right, just that it constantly happens.

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It should be easier to notify people involved in these studies that they may have be adversely affected in the course of the study, rather than having to go decipher a peer reviewed paper on some specialist academic journal site, for the common user at the very least.

I'd imagine the terms of service we all agree to 'notify' us of such consequences.

I'd imagine the parent poster is asking for something a bit more noticeable than a line or two in the ~6800 word ToS.

Looking at the current state of GDPR compliance I’m not sure this would actually be a good experience for most people.

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