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> Before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, more than 35,000 Facebook and Instagram users agreed to participate in an experiment. Do people still get any sor
by yodsanklai 2y ago
> Before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, more than 35,000 Facebook and Instagram users agreed to participate in an experiment.
Do people still get any sort of news from Facebook? I only see very harmless content. People posting pics about their lives, some hiking groups... very few comments overall. I thought all the toxicity has moved to X formerly Twitter.
> the work of more than 30 academics from U.S. universities and Meta researchers
At least, one can appreciate that Meta is trying to understand the potential negative effects of their system and act on it. Social networks are here to stay in one form or another, it makes sense to understand how to regulate them rather than just hoping they wouldn't exist.
- barbariangrunge 2y agoYou get posts by people? I swear, it was nothing but ads and recommended content for me until I stopped using it