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Tweets of moral outrage tend to bounce around within their same ideological bubbles.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Dec 4 '17, 12:06

And if you're looking for the deep dive into the article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, here is the link ...

http://www.pnas.org/content/114/28/7313.abstract

https://qz.com/1024117/one-visualization-shows-how-morally-outraged-tweets-stay-within-their-political-bubble/ (qz.com)

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I'd like to see it beyond those three topics, especially in the past several months (the study was published in june) - I think there's been more - b. Dec 4, 12:49
This is amazing. Thanks for posting. I'm adding this to some work materials I use. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 4, 12:13 5
- I'm taking the PNAS paper home with me to read. - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 12:36 4
  - Is there a way around the paywall? - spamlet Dec 4, 12:50 3
    - If b.'s link doesn't work, let me try something ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 13:03
    - see if this works for you. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 4, 12:56 1
      - here's a pdf nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 4, 13:05
Seeing Patton Oswalt do battle with Trumpers leads me to believe that is incorrect. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:12 5
- But I have seen many tweets/clickbait articles along the lines of "look at this great thing Patton Oswalt said, how profound" - Roger More Dec 4, 12:16
- My anecdotal evidence trumps data! is a terrible argument. - spamlet Dec 4, 12:14 3
  - I did not say it *is* incorrect, silly. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:16 2
    - "Seeing Patton Oswalt do battle with Trumpers leads me to believe that is incorrect." - spamlet Dec 4, 12:48 1
      - Leads me to it, but does not get me there! -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:50
It's true--Which is why I voted for Bery to open up ST to others. Some new blood would liven this place up. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:12
TWEET OF MORAL OUTRAGE should be added to our repertoire of things to post in an argument. -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:11 6
- LINKING OF YOUR TWEET 3 YEARS AGO -- nm - Max Dec 4, 12:12 5
  - CLAIMS THE ACCOUNT WAS HACKED -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:14 4
    - RETORT -- nm - con_carne Dec 4, 12:16 3
      - KID YOUR FACE IS RETORT -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:17 2
        
        QUESTIONING OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 12:35 1
        
        According to the ancient law of Internet, YOU ARE LIKE HITLER, should have been invoked by now. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:42
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- Honestly I think the creation of Fox news (followed by MSNBC) created an atmosphere of people looking for confirmation of beliefs rather than - pmb Dec 4, 12:14 20
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  - 100 years ago most cities had a dozen newspapers and you could subscribe to your own political beliefs the same way -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:44
  - L4. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 12:41 9
    - Solid argument. Well stated. -- nm - pmb Dec 4, 12:57 8
      - "For most people it's much more satisfying to have people agree with you than challenge you" - Strongbad Dec 4, 13:02 4
        
        Actually I think this behavior is much more limited on ST than other places. - pmb Dec 4, 13:12 2
        
        Okay. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 13:20
        
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        Don't mind me, I'm by far one of the most intellectual lazy here. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 13:00 1
        
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  - It may have amplified things, but it's probably just basic human instinct that we want to avoid direct challenge on this type of thought. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 4, 12:21 7
    - Humans have always had mythology and belief. You can subject someone to all the empirical evidence you have. In the end, most people will couch that -- (edited) - con_carne Dec 4, 12:39 1
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    - Sure, and I think too that many people are more challenged on an everyday basis today than they were in previous generations. - Roger More Dec 4, 12:29
    - It introduced the idea, I think, that you could actively choose to consume ideas that reinforced your own views, instead of only being able to try to -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 4, 12:26 2
      - ...trying...not to...reply. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 12:56 1
        
        Please do, I’m curious as to your thoughts. - znufrii Dec 4, 12:59
    - I agree, I just don't think the forums were as easily available. So the result was more balanced information that people saw. On a personal level - pmb Dec 4, 12:24

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