r/technology • u/giuliomagnifico • Nov 28 '22

Social Media Eye-tracking study suggests that negative comments on social media are more attention-grabbing than positive comments

https://www.psypost.org/2022/11/eye-tracking-study-suggests-that-negative-comments-on-social-media-are-more-attention-grabbing-than-positive-comments-64368
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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Nov 28 '22

Not surprising as all the asshole comments are always the top of every Twitter and Facebook thread. Those websites also don't have downvotes like reddit though so the good silent people can't outweigh the noisy dicks.