Jennifer Guadagno

"[P]roblematic use appears to affect 12.5% of people."

Commonly agreed on facets of problematic use include perceived lack of control over the time spent on Facebook; negative feelings about own Facebook usage (e.g., guilt, regret …

Unnamed employee

Knowledge

"Should we allow augmented reality (AR) effects that promote beauty standards only attainable through plastic surgery?"

Unnamed employee

Profits over Safety

"Social media causes social comparison and poor body image"

Unnamed employee

Knowledge

"Starting in 2018, there was growing concern in the public... that technology companies were deliberately manipulating users by designing addictive products that can harm well-being and subvert control, labeling these concerns 'Facebook Addiction'... Initial products were launched to give people more control over their use, though efforts were defunded end of 2019 with additional opportunities still available."

Starting in 2018, there was growing concern in the public (amongst media, academics, policy elites, and everyday users) that technology companies were deliberately manipulating …

Unnamed employee

Profits over Safety

"These may lead to feelings of being manipulated, feeling lack of control related to certain behaviors, and feelings of dependence on checking or going on Facebook that could be related to lower well-being - and could be fueling the subjective, colloquial experiences of feeling 'addicted' to Facebook."

We hypothesize that unpredictable, low value rewards and cues that promote frequent, automatic, undesired behaviors are contributing to reward learning and habit formation in a …

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Knowledge

"I added some more wording to directly link it to 'problematic use,' but I think most product teams dont understand that this is a euphemism for screen addiction or similar issues."

████: "I added some more wording to directly link it to 'problematic use,' but I think most product teams dont understand that this is a euphemism for screen addiction or …

Margaret Stewart · Jennifer Guadagno and names withheld in filing

Concealment

"there is a lot of competitive pressure and a lot of market demand for filters that go much more directly into the beautification space. And if we test any of these things, they will undoubtedly perform well. But just because people like and want something in the short term doesn't mean it's healthy for them."

Jennifer Guadagno: "I wanted to follow up on the request we chatted about yesterday to understand more about possible effects of using 'body enhancing' filters on people from the …

Jennifer Guadagno · Margaret Stewart

KnowledgeProfits over Safety

"Hiding Like counts may seem like an unimportant change for well-being. But as Jennifer outlines below, like counts are a key driver of social comparison, and social comparison is a key driver of well-being... there are many factors to consider in this decision, including sessions, revenue, finding popular content, and the comms environment. I hope that the well-being implications can be factored into the decision, as well."

Jennifer Guadagno: "Social comparison is important to loneliness: Social comparison is the most important driver of loneliness. …

Jennifer Guadagno · Moira Burke

Profits over Safety