politics

There is definitely such a thing as "twitter brain" (or "X brain" if you prefer) and I bet the phenomenon has gotten worse in the last year since this study was done.

"Results revealed that Twitter use is related to decreases in well-being, and increases in political polarization, outrage, and sense of belonging over the course of the following 30 minutes."

The people who have this condition, on both sides, will be the first ones on the front line if a civil war ever happens.

There is definitely such a thing as "twitter brain" (or "X brain" if you prefer) and I bet the phenomenon has gotten worse in the last year since this study was done.

"Results revealed that Twitter use is related to decreases in well-being, and increases in political polarization, outrage, and sense of belonging over the course of the following 30 minutes."

The people who have this condition, on both sides, will be the first ones on the front line if a civil war ever happens.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00062-z

I personally have noticed this myself. There is a profound political polarization in my country as well and Twitter is an absolute dumpster fire that messes you up even after a few minutes of reading. Good to see there is an actual study and knowing I wasn't being crazy or something.

Is likely other platforms cause similar changes too. We got used to see a filtered version of other people's lives which can certainly lead to a whole array of effects as well.

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I can't remember the name, but I saw a documentary about how platforms like Instagram and Facebook have purposely used the algorithm to manipulate its users emotions. Really evil shit

Different things. Cambridge analytica used a data breach to target voters with political advertising based on their personal data.

In this case, Facebook themselves performed an experiment that manipulated the emotions of 600k people by filtering their feeds.

Different things. Cambridge analytica used a data breach to target voters with political advertising based on their personal data.

In this case, Facebook themselves performed an experiment that manipulated the emotions of 600k people by filtering their feeds.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds