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Re:Why We’re Biased About Being Biased by jkraker on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @05:28PM (#14250784)
Social media gives a lot of people the platform to do this and some use it quite heavily. It would be interesting to see the correlation between something like "ferocity" on Facebook and real life actions.
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Re:Why We’re Biased About Being Biased by golemotron on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @06:05PM (#14251056)
I don't know if there are any studies about this but I don't see anything that would make it different. Social media gives us 24/7 opportunity to feel good being on the "right" side of an issue.

I wonder whether there's an inverse correlation between social media use and direct action on civic and social causes: writing a Congress person, volunteering at a homeless shelter, or giving to charities.

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