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.

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.

  • AVincentInSpaceEnglish
    261·
    1 year ago

    In a turn of events that comes as a surprise to precisely zero Reddit users…

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Right! Big surprise, politically engaged people are generally angrier. And angry people can be a bit of a dick.

      That all checks out…