A new study links partisan activity on the Internet to widespread online toxicity, revealing that politically-engaged users exhibit uncivil behavior even in non-political discussions. The findings are based on an analysis of hundreds of millions of comments from over 6.3 million Reddit users.

Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic – even in non-political subreddits::A new study links partisan activity on the Internet to widespread online toxicity, revealing that politically-engaged users exhibit uncivil behavior even in non-political discussions. The findings are based on an analysis of hundreds of millions of comments from over 6.3 million Reddit users.

  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    All of your examples are opinions as in not demonstrably fact

    Two of my 3 examples are not opinions lol. Ads do keep YouTube free. Piracy is theft. Those are facts. You can justify your blocking or ads or piracy however you want but that is not an argument against these facts.

    But we’re getting into the weeds since the point is the insanity with which people respond, so frequently, and not the disagreement itself.

    • homicidalrobot@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER: youtube reports it annually earns ~14.07 B from ad revenue and over 20B from subscriptions across youtube and youtube music. You are guessing and passing it off as “fact, not opinion”. Ads make youtube almost half as much as the ungodly amount of money they make, and google as a whole could support youtube without ads just fine, they would just make less money (Google’s throughput is extremely negative, most of their money is not put back into the company).

      Your perspective sucks and your opinions are based on misinformation and guesswork.

      • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Imagine using as your argument “no only half of their money comes from ads,” lol

        Dude a company can’t just lose half their revenue. Be serious.

        • Franklin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          Still isn’t the legal definition of theft. It can morally be in your opinion

          • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            That’s because we’re discussing ad blockers in this chain