Social Platform Trust & Safety
exploring the bounds of social platforms’ responsibility to keep the spaces safe
Social Platform Trust & Safety
Connective Posts: A New Approach to Political Conversations on Social Media
mediaengagement.org
The findings suggest that people can improve their online discussions by using this type of language in their posts. It also suggests social media platforms should optimize algorithms to surface these posts more often...Center for Media Engagement research offers a solution to this problem—encouraging the use of “connective language” online.3 Connective language expresses an openness to other perspectives and a humble approach to presenting one’s viewpoints.4 Examples of connective language include phrases such as “correct me if I’m wrong” or “this is just my opinion.”
julia kamin (@juliakamin.bsky.social)
bsky.app
Collaborative google doc w research studies on social platforms’ impact
The polarization footprint doesn’t offer a silver bullet. But it gives us something we’ve long lacked: a rigorous way to quantify how much our feeds are shaping division. It opens the door to real accountability — not just for platforms, but for regulators, designers, and society at large.
Not all conflict is bad. Disagreement — over taxes, education, or policy — is essential to a healthy democracy. But affective polarization isn’t about differing ideas. It’s about identity.
It emerges when people begin to dislike, distrust, or even dehumanize others because of who they are — their ethnicity, region, religion, political affiliation,... See more
It emerges when people begin to dislike, distrust, or even dehumanize others because of who they are — their ethnicity, region, religion, political affiliation,... See more
Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
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strategybreakdowns.com
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While prior work suggests that trolling behavior is confined to a vocal and antisocial minority, we demonstrate that ordinary people can engage in such behavior as well. We propose two primary trigger mechanisms: the individual's mood, and the surrounding context of a discussion (e.g., exposure to prior trolling behavior). Through an experiment... See more
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science.org
Reducing partisan animosity content in feeds reduces affective polarization