It’s All about the Algorithm 0
At the Psychology Today website, Rosanna E. Guadagno argues that “social” media is by design, er, antisocial.
She makes three main points:
- Outrage drives engagement, so social media platforms amplify it by design.
- Reordering social media feeds alone shifted partisan warmth by more than 2 points in a 2025 field study.
- Disagreement is healthy, but contempt is what social media algorithms actually produce and reward.
Follow the link for some hints to avoid the artificially augmented algorithmic anger.
