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Hardiman: Facebook feed algorithms optimized for engagement, not content quality
“When I was at Facebook and we were focused on news ranking and feed, all we could do was train pieces of information based on an engagement outcome. We couldn't actually train it based on the quality of that piece of information itself.”
Bosworth: Facebook users doubled product usage immediately upon Newsfeed's launch
“Now newsfeed was an easier case than people suspect because everyone was outraged at the same time as they immediately doubled their usage of the product.”
Taylor: Facebook required News Feed designs to use real, messy data
“At Facebook, we would always you know, we spent a lot of time designing the newsfeed... We made a system. So, you know, designers had to show their newsfeed designs with Real newsfeed data that was messy rather than, you know, anything artificial, because I th…”