What has people outraged is the notion that Facebook is manipulating its unwitting users to advance its own agenda, with many citing the secrecy surrounding the research to illustrate the company’s misconduct (though the company published the results with no apparent sense of unease). But, though Facebook’s lack of transparency is certainly disconcerting – as is its deafness to its users’ concerns – these complaints miss the point.
让人们愤怒的是Facebook利用不知情的用户来推进自己的计划，很多人都列举了研究的保密性来证明公司的行为不当（虽然公司发布结果时并没有明显不安的感觉）。但尽管Facebook缺乏透明度——且无视客户的担忧——肯定令人不安，但所有这些投诉都有些不得要领。