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.

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.

    • @Something_ComplexEnglish
      10•1 year ago

      I think it’s the same here on Lenny, ik because I’m one :(

    • @CocodapufEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      Right! Big surprise, politically engaged people are generally angrier. And angry people can be a bit of a dick.

      That all checks out…