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bioemerl  ·  3402 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Eric Meyer's Update on Web Algorithmic Cruelty: Well, That Escalated Quickly

The sites provide a service that people find valuable enough to use pretty constantly, and provide an amazing ad platform for local companies.

Facebook and twitter are, however, companies. They don't have feelings. I suspect that the apology is less one to the corporations, and more an admission of wrongdoing.