"we recently paid people a few dollars to unfollow the most divisive accounts on X. After a month, they felt 23% less animosity towards other political groups.
"Their experience was so positive that half declined to refollow those hostile accounts after the study and they felt less animosity 11 months later.
"Platforms could easily redesign their algorithms to stop promoting the most outrageous voices and prioritize more representative or nuanced content."
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jayvanbavel_are-a-few-people-ruining-the-internet-for-activity-7350191355928748032-4hMJ
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻
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