> Those who went off Facebook responded worse to news tests, but they were also less likely to believe widespread misinformation This means that they were just

> Those who went off Facebook responded worse to news tests, but they were also less likely to believe widespread misinformation This means that they were just less aware generally. It doesn't look like they suddenly stopped believing the misinformation they were already exposed to, they were just prevented from being exposed to more of it. > I was really surprised to see this effect, which was large enough to be marginally detectable,” "marginally detectable" doesn't really inspire confidence in their results. > The result regarding Trump favorability is very interesting. It does not reach the level pre-specified by the scientists, but because the standard of evidence they had is very high. Lots of things seem true when you lower the standard of evidence far enough I wouldn't doubt that getting off facebook means people will see less misinformation, and it'll probably do wonders for their mental health in general, but I'd take this entire thing with a massive grain of salt.