Study of ~200K US Internet users: Facebook users read more polarized news as they spend more time on the service, and the impact is 5X greater for conservatives
which all have diverse content—not indicative of making people less radical. https://twitter.com/... John C. Silva / @mrsilva : Important research, but we must remember that the algorithms don't force us into groups, to share misinformation without verifying it, or conflate hyper partisan opinions with news. We must engage our critical thinking skills again. #newsliteracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Eliacocca / @elifitch : Blame the people that intentionally wrote “the algorithm” that way https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Fascinating: Facebook pushes conservatives to read more conservative news; Reddit pushes conservatives to read more moderate news https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
“Our peer-reviewed research shows that the more time someone spends on Facebook, the more polarized their online news consumption becomes. What's more, we find Facebook usage is five times more polarizing for conservatives than for liberals.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
“...Yet Facebook's algorithms push users to become more extreme. As long as increased use of Facebook is associated with polarizing echo chambers, Mark Zuckerberg is failing in his stated mission to “bring the world closer together.” https://twitter.com/...
Fascinating. When conservatives spend time on Facebook, they get more polarized and more conservative. When they spend time on Reddit, the opposite happens. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Another way to put this: There is no such thing as a “neutral” platform Algorithmic decisions are still decisions Not knowing or owning the decisions your algorithms make doesn't mean you are a dispassionate arbiter of truth, it means you are willfully ignorant https://twitter.co…
A study of 200,000 internet users found Facebook use is strongly correlated with conservative polarization and right wing extremism. Even Reddit is more moderating. 4chan for Boomers is actively destroying our society. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dug into the paper, @nxthompson... they're showing that users of Reddit spend more time on a broader range of news sites, which is a byproduct of a platform based on following communities—which all have diverse content—not indicative of making people less radical. https://twitter…
Important research, but we must remember that the algorithms don't force us into groups, to share misinformation without verifying it, or conflate hyper partisan opinions with news. We must engage our critical thinking skills again. #newsliteracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/ .…