[Air-L] Data analysis shows power of Facebook super-users to distort discourse

[Sarah Ann Oates]

Wow, if you read or teach one article about FB, this should be it I think.
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 1:15 PM Colin Delany <cpd at epolitics.com> wrote:

> Makes perfect sense, based on what we know about the Fb algorithm. The
> researchers have studied the patterns/effects in detail, and you might be
> interested in both the findings and the methodology.
>
> "And because Facebook’s algorithm rewards engagement, these superusers
> have enormous influence over which posts are seen first in other users’
> feeds, and which are never seen at all. Even more shocking is just how
> nasty most of these hyper-influential users are. The most abusive people on
> Facebook, it turns out, are given the most power to shape what Facebook is."
>
> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/02/facebook-hate-speech-misinformation-superusers/621617
>
> --cpd
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