• groknull@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    (Edit: I should say however that this is regardless horrifying)

    This poll is likely very skewed because anyone who bothers to respond is probably doing so because they have a (hate) agenda. The text of the first question could probably have been replaced with “I want to say I am a christian fascist without saying it out loud” and have the same outcome.

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      1 year ago

      There is selection bias probably as well. Those who see the poll are selected in particular way.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, very good point. Selection bias will likely skew any twitter “poll” because the algorithms feed the polls only to what the algorithm believes is the target audience. It’s perpetuating polarization and even extremism because people don’t see rational opposing views that are part of a healthy conversation.

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        1 year ago

        Right like the people who follow these scum bags, but even still this result on a major social media site is a sight I never thought I’d see

    • Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube
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      1 year ago

      Yeah as much as I hate Elon and Twitter and do in fact think it’s a far right cesspool, Twitter polls are not to be trusted even if they confirm your pre-existing views.

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      1 year ago

      Well, yeah. Unless, 56% of my friends and colleagues are Nazi sympathisers. Shit. They’ve hidden it well.