Comment by probably_wrong

7 days ago

I feel it's worth remembering that there are reports that Facebook has done almost exactly this in the past. It's not just a theoretical concern:

> (...) the company had crafted a pitch deck for advertisers bragging that it could exploit "moments of psychological vulnerability" in its users by targeting terms like "worthless," "insecure," "stressed," "defeated," "anxious," "stupid," "useless," and "like a failure."