And at some point their business practices. They realized if we're going to make money, maybe the fastest way for us to make money on these platforms is to sell ads. And Once you needed to sell ads, then the most important thing was getting attention and keeping people engaged on these platforms. And it turned out that there's part of our reptilian brain that gets really attracted to, in addition to cat videos, it's attracted to anger, and it's attracted to resentment, … (34:26–34:36)
CLAIM
Asserts that ad sales led social media platforms to prioritize user engagement.
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