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"Each word of moral outrage added to a tweet increases the rate of retweets by 17%. It takes very little effort to tip the emotional balance within social media spaces, catalyzing and accelerating further polarization." https://ledger.humanetech.com/
"Anger is the emotion that travels fastest and farthest on social media, compared to all other emotions. As a result, those who post angry messages will inevitably have the greatest influence, and social media platforms will tend to be dominated by anger." https://ledger.humanetech.com
"The greater your level of Facebook addiction, the lower your brain volume. MRI brain scans of Facebook users demonstrated a significant reduction in gray matter in the amygdala correlated with their level of addiction to Facebook." https://ledger.humanetech.com/
"Fake news stories posted before the 2016 US elections were still in the top 10 news stories circulating across Twitter almost 2 years later, indicating the staying power of such stories and their long-term impact on ongoing political dialogue." https://ledger.humanetech.com/
"...study of over 1600 American adults, deactivating Facebook accounts led to a significant increase in emotional well-being (including a reduction in loneliness and an increase in happiness), as well as a significant reduction in political polarization." https://ledger.humanetech.com/
Chamath Palihapitiya, former VP of user growth @ FB:
"...I don’t use that shit. I can control my kids’ decisions... they’re not allowed to use that shit... short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works." https://ledger.humanetech.com/
"...I don’t use that shit. I can control my kids’ decisions... they’re not allowed to use that shit... short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works." https://ledger.humanetech.com/
