Elizabeth Jacobs, PhDFeb 19
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
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@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

Seen it indeed, worrying and basically how consistent and constant propaganda works.
And how effective that is, was already shown in the 1930s in Nazi Germany…
Highly worrying…

Show threadElizabeth Jacobs, PhDMar 11
Yeah. We can already see measurable outcomes, such as (I contend) the election of Donald Trump for the second time. People think you have to hack voting machines. All you need is an algorithm.
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@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

Exactly, the Nazi's had newspapers, and as new media propaganda movies and radio. Presently it is even more refined in social media and algorithms. That for sure got Trump elected. Next level will be AI where nobody will know any more what is actually the truth. As I said highly worrying...

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