RE: https://mastodon.social/@leavex/116234918216796533
Donald Tusk is mainstreaming the fringe far-right idea of Polexit to instrumentally use it in the next elections – to try and scare people away from voting on PiS.
This will massively backfire, just as mainstreaming Brexit massively backfired in the UK.
There is no lack of reasons not to vote for PiS. Instead of mainstreaming this dangerous crap, Tusk could focus on literally anything else.
@rysiek i believe Monsieur Tusk, who otherwise seems clear sighted, also enjoys promoting X Corp in our democratic discourse. That hasn't backfired either.
But hey you get an amazing "reach" and that's what counts isn't it? #leaveX
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-xs-algorithm-shifts-political-attitudes
Algorithms curate what users of social media see, raising concerns that they may distort attitudes and affect social and political outcomes. This column reports on an experiment conducted on X in the US in 2023, in which users were randomly assigned to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed significantly shifted political opinions in a pro-Republican direction, while switching the algorithm off had no comparable effect. This asymmetry arose because the algorithm affected which accounts users chose to follow, leaving a lasting imprint on their information environment even after algorithmic curation was removed.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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