www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... "During the experiment, Facebook had implemented a set of 63 emergency measures...These measures changed the active Facebook algorithm in a way that caused the platform to provide less polarizing and more reliable news."
Does the information that people see on social media influence their political views? Is it making people politically more divided? In July 2023, Science published three papers on an unprecedented stu...
We are officially at capacity. But we are excited that there was so much interest in the study! You can still sign-up via the link, and we will send an email about interest in future studies. Thank you!
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Thanks to all who signed up so far! We are going through emails over next few days to finalize participation (there are currently some open slots to sign up). I know many were sad about the U.S. citizen eligibility requirement, but we hope to expand recruitment in the future!
The study is funded by pooled resources among the Professors leading the group at Northwestern University. It is not funded by any social media companies.
We don't have any restrictions on user accounts other than you need to be a U.S. Citizen.
We will ask that you set up your default feed to ours which we show you how to do. No invasive plugins or anything.
Answered in FAQ here! bit.ly/bluesky-faq
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