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Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/did-facebook-fuel-political-polarization-during-the-2020-election-its-complicated/

There's strong ideological segregation, but proposed interventions didn't change attitudes.

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Here’s a really good video that explains this concept really well. It puts it in terms of thought germs and how they spread virally in the form of memes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc

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