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Stuff You Should Read - 10/30/21

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Dan Pfeiffer
Oct 30, 2021
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Welcome to this week’s edition of “Stuff You Should Read.”

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“Twitter amplifies conservative politicians. Is it because users mock them?” by Megan A. Brown, Jonathan Nagle, and Joshua Tucker

Why would Twitter’s algorithms promote conservative politicians? Our research suggests an unlikely but plausible reason: It’s because they get dunked on so much. Our da…

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