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This study seems to be playing with what toxicity means. Is the 43% cited at the top of the piece matching the same criteria they use for digging deeper in the
by makeitdouble 10mo ago
This study seems to be playing with what toxicity means.
Is the 43% cited at the top of the piece matching the same criteria they use for digging deeper in the study ?
Their specific definition of toxicity is in the supplementary material, and honestly I don't think it matches the spectrum of what people perceive as toxic in general:
> The study looked at how many of these Reddit accounts posted toxic comments. These were
mostly comments containing insults, identity-based attacks, profanity, threats, or sexual
harassment.
That's basically very direct, ad hominem comments.
and example cited:
> DONT CUT AWAY FROM THE GAME YOU FUCKING FUCK FUCKS!
Also why judge Reddit on toxicity but not fake news or any other social trait peolple care about ? I'm not sure what's the valuable takeaway from this study, only 3% of reddit users will straight insult you ?
- glitchc 10mo agoProfanity is toxic by definition? Since when?