Yet another indication that the opinion landscape you meet in social media feeds is skewed. 👇🏽
Adding behavioral psychology to this and human’s herd instincts: if you follow social media for ”public discourse” you are bound to become more polarized in your beliefs.
@jayvanbavel.bsky.socialSocial media discourse is driven by false #polarization
We find that:
1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates
2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one
3) This replicates in 40 countries
4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves
