Yale study finds social media ‘likes’ train users to act outraged

A new study from Yale University has found that common social media features like “sharing” and “likes” are unintentionally training users t...

A new study from Yale University has found that common social media features like “sharing” and “likes” are unintentionally training users to act outraged online, the reason being that other users are more likely to engage with posts that are more extreme. Users who like and share these posts have the side effect of teaching the person they “liked” to … Continue reading

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