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Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by flgr on Friday October 14, 2016 @09:10AM (#12707804)
Interestingly, Facebook's algorithms also reward activity which has the effect of bubbling up group posts with a lot of drama.
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Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by NotaSockPuppet8 on Friday October 14, 2016 @10:03AM (#12708104)
Facebook's algorithms are far less transparent and outside a user's control compared to 4chan's bump system.

Just recently it was shown that their automatic news feeds promoted fake news articles.

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Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by fossuser on Friday October 14, 2016 @02:17PM (#12710057)
I think this is just how stories get more attention naturally.

For a more detailed explanation: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/

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