Let's say I'm a republicrat and I'm furiously sending private messages with links to democan sites showing my friends how evil I think they are. Except now I'm told every one of my links as just made those republicrat sites more liked an I'm helping make it look like they are more popular than they really are.
Scanning emails to serve you ads does not leak information to the public indirectly. Increasing like counts does.
Wonder if this will exacerbate the effect of everyone only seeing views that agree with theirs and decreasing exposure to different (/evil) perspectives.
Personally I'd be happy with fewer "look at this idiot" links, whether they be on Facebook or HN. If its more of a "something to think about" link, even if I disagree, I think I'm ok if their like count goes up when I share it.
Let's say I'm a republicrat and I'm furiously sending private messages with links to democan sites showing my friends how evil I think they are. Except now I'm told every one of my links as just made those republicrat sites more liked an I'm helping make it look like they are more popular than they really are.
Scanning emails to serve you ads does not leak information to the public indirectly. Increasing like counts does.