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But they do fuel polarization in general. I’m sure of it.

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I’ve watched someone I know who only gets their news through Facebook descend into qdom over the last 5 years. Whenever I hear about a new thing conservatives are doing or saying, I can be sure that person will be doing or saying it within a week… which then feeds right back into Facebook for others.

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Thanks for the confirmation. I bet they don’t even notice it happening. Though this could happen to anyone on any side of the spectrum. It’s sad that this is what the internet has become.

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Actually one of the conclusions from both the Science and Nature articles were that they mostly fuel far right radicalisation, not so much polarisation (which implies both ends of the political spectrum). Which I guess means leftists are generally either more capable of spotting misinformation or less inclined to act on it.

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If it only drives the far-right, does that mean Facebook contributed shifting in window of discourse? (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window)

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So this confirms all the studies and adages of conservative voters being less intelligent, more subject to scams and fraud, and less accepting of social norms.

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You’ve got studies suggesting that conservatives are less accepting of social norms?

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Also, there’s not a large, well-funded far-left movement in the US fighting to radicalize people.

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All I’ve got to offer are unionisation pamphlets and a brick.

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Not radicalization, just polarization, they are different. But overall, yes.

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Which I guess means leftists are generally either more capable of spotting misinformation or less inclined to act on it.

Or are less likely to be on Facebook in general.

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The studies were percentage based, so yes, volume of posts could play an active role but likely more from an “activity” amount vs “presence”.

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