Saturday, September 24, 2022

Study: LinkedIn ran an experiment on 20M users from 2015 to 2019, randomly varying the strength of its People You May Know algorithm, without telling the users (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Study: LinkedIn ran an experiment on 20M users from 2015 to 2019, randomly varying the strength of its People You May Know algorithm, without telling the users  —  A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties.



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