A new study links partisan activity on the Internet to widespread online toxicity, revealing that politically-engaged users exhibit uncivil behavior even in non-political discussions. The findings are based on an analysis of hundreds of millions of comments from over 6.3 million Reddit users.

Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic – even in non-political subreddits::A new study links partisan activity on the Internet to widespread online toxicity, revealing that politically-engaged users exhibit uncivil behavior even in non-political discussions. The findings are based on an analysis of hundreds of millions of comments from over 6.3 million Reddit users.

  • nadir@lemmy.worldEnglish
    142·
    10 months ago

    You never changed your mind because of something you read online?

    • Alpha71@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      10 months ago

      I’ve never had someone who is arguing with me on the internet change my mind.