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

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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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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

but if the Pope shits in the woods, and no one is around, does it make a sound?

[-] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Depends how many bears he has eaten.

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