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Good reminder of how it's often a small number of people who manage to ruin the wellbeing of many others.

"Data scientists at Stanford recently found that 74% of the conflicts on Reddit were instigated by only 1% of the users. And worse than that, the researchers found that most of these online conflicts were not fought by those who started them. They were fought by the innocent bystanders that got sucked into them."

https://markmanson.net/most-people-are-good

Update: Do note that, as pointed out to me by @BjornToftMadsen, this quote from the article misinterprets the study it is quoting. The study refers to 1% of communities instigating 74% of the conflicts, NOT 1% of users.

https://social.coop/@BjornToftMadsen/110402767455433759

🔗 Originally posted on Akkoma

17 May 2023, 08:49
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