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finally saw actual data from the "ranked timelines preferentially amplify right-wing politics" study for the first time and lmao

not only is the effect fairly modest (~30-40%) but there are countries (Germany) where the trend is absent or reversed, and reading the cited paper, to make the study feasible at all it's focused specifically on the amplification of tweets from elected politicians rather than ideology in general, which means that a comparatively small amount of organized traffic generation could sway the results substantially

in addition, in Canada the worst of the anti-left-wing bias is against the Liberal Party in particular, which many left-wing Canadians also detest for reasons that are peculiar to the Liberal Party

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vogon
@vogon

yeah, it is entirely unsurprising to find out that much of the supposed bias in Canada is creditable to official tweets from Liberals falling into a void because nobody wants to amplify anything they say ever

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larkannex
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not sure I have the full context for the conversation around this paper, as I'm only seeing it here, not on other platforms. but I think for a lot of stuff involving people's behavior, a 30% difference in effect is actually fairly large. it also looks like the effect was bigger than that in most cases- for example canada, the liberals were amplified 43% above the control, and the conservatives were amplified 167% above the control. they don't look at actual left parties in a Canadian context, but they mention that in general, "left wing" parties in countries where those exist were amplified less than centre left parties. it's actually moderate voices getting boosted over quote unquote "extreme" ones

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