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Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic -- even in non-political subreddits (www.psypost.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In a turn of events that comes as a surprise to precisely zero Reddit users...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I think it's the same here on Lenny, ik because I'm one :(

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Right! Big surprise, politically engaged people are generally angrier. And angry people can be a bit of a dick.

That all checks out...