{"id":20997,"date":"2025-11-28T09:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/small-changes-to-for-you-feed-on-x-can-rapidly-increase-political-polarisation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:37:19","slug":"small-changes-to-for-you-feed-on-x-can-rapidly-increase-political-polarisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/small-changes-to-for-you-feed-on-x-can-rapidly-increase-political-polarisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Small changes to \u2018for you\u2019 feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years<\/p>\n

Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.<\/p>\n

A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk\u2019s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side.<\/p>\n

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\nStudy finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
\nSmall changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.
\nA groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk\u2019s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research …<\/p>\n

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