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User Engagement through Increased Privacy?

User Engagement through Increased Privacy?

Last week it was revealed that Facebook is testing publicly hiding ‘like’ counts in Australia. Metrics will still be available on the creator’s side but not to the view of the general public. A similar test was recently completed by Instagram this past April. Instagram is owned by Facebook. The goal of these initiatives seems […]

Does Fortnite intentionally cause addiction?

Does Fortnite intentionally cause addiction?

A Montréal law firm has filed a lawsuit against Epic Games, the producer of Fortnite. The basis of the lawsuit: The game Fortnite allegedly was created to intentionally make their players addicted. The lawsuit claims that the brain releases the happiness hormone dopamine when a player is playing for a long time. This can be […]