The Metrics You Expose Are the Values You Endorse
Read OriginalThe article argues that the metrics made available to developers (e.g., daily active users, session time) are not neutral but define an 'optimization landscape' that dictates what gets built. It connects platform design decisions to broader societal impacts, suggesting that the choice of which data to expose is an implicit ethical stance that shapes technology's role in mental health, democracy, and culture.
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