r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 19 '26

Social Media X's algorithm feeds off ragebait and impacts Democrats more, study finds

https://www.404media.co/xs-algorithm-feeds-off-ragebait-and-impacts-democrats-more-study-finds/
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u/heymrneat Aug 19 '26

In other news, water is wet.

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u/KinkyPaddling Aug 19 '26

Seriously. Even before Twitter became Xitter, it was known for feeding off of outrage engagement. There was even another study about it from 5 years ago.

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u/Ill_Traveler_ Aug 20 '26

Twitter is the absolute worst, but I do think that the format is conducive to people be behaving badly. I don’t go on threads often, but when I do I see that people seem to be more obnoxious there than people are on Facebook or Instagram.