Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic -- even in non-political subreddits

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Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic -- even in non-political subreddits
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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.

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In what way? Lemmy has been very political from the start. It arguably got less-so after the influx of redditors.

What are you seeing in the last month or so that makes you think there's something more abnormal happening than usual?

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