Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish • 3 months ago

Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?

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Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish • 3 months ago

Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out

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The Internet is a bunch of Autonomous Systems running open source protocols. It is doing fine.

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