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		emayljames on Dec 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Estimating Value of Facebook by Paying Users to St... True. I do wonder, though, if this community effect has increased polarisation of views.

quadrangle on Dec 19, 2018 [–]

This is a simple form you can reuse:

Does [increased polarisation of views] increase engagement? [Yes]

Therefore, we can conclude that Facebook does this.

FB is designed for maximum-engagement regardless of whether that is positive or negative for the useds (to use Richard Stallman's pun).

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