Instagram Depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts: the report that Facebook hid on the effects of Instagram
Towards the end of 2018, something changed on
.
Not for the better.
By trying to
change its algorithm
to prioritize interactions between users instead of content released by large websites, it achieved the opposite of what was proposed.
It did not bring people together: it twitched them
.
According to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, in which
an internal and secret Facebook report
on the changes in its algorithm
is cited
, these changes were focused on reducing the impact of the media on its users so that they would have healthier relationships online.
The result, however, was that
sensationalism and hateful posts became wildly popular
, creating a climate of tension with clear consequences in the real world.
This investigation goes hand in hand with another published yesterday on how Instagram is destroying the self-esteem of a generation of women.
The report cites
Spain
as a clear example of what
was achieving.
During the separatist protests in
Catalonia
Throughout 2018, hate messages, insults and threats grew by 43% among the Spanish
audience
.
The reasoning of the company is that this increase in
tension is directly due to the change in the algorithm
.
To adapt to the new norms, social agents and political parties will change the form and substance of their messages, making them more sensationalist so that the algorithm of the social network will make them reach more people.
This could be read in two ways. One, that
wanted to unite people, but they were hit by the cult. Another, that political parties and other opinion leaders are to
blame for the tension
because they used
tools
in an inappropriate way.
However, given
Facebook's
response
, only the first option seems completely valid. When those responsible for this report presented
their results to
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself,
the executive's response was disappointing:
Zuckerberg did not want to change anything
so as not to reduce user interactions. In other words, so
that Facebook did not lose audience and, therefore, advertising revenue.
The solution to this mess does not seem easy.
The WSJ quotes James Barners, a former Facebook employee who left the company in 2019 for obvious reasons, as saying it's unclear how this can be fixed without creating another problem.
Facebook is so massive that there is no simple solution to its problems
, he says.
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