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		SlowRobotAhead on March 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, ... You are right, but that metric is even more meaningless. Fox New Headline ”Immigration crisis confirmed as 70,000 illegals pass into USA in Feburary - CBP” Guess what? People on the left and right both ‘ANGRY’ that for different reasons.

bonniemuffin on March 16, 2019 [–]

I think the point here is that the Angry reaction is a signifier of divisive content. Divisiveness gets people talking, so the metrics look good even though the discourse is unhealthy and tearing society apart on both sides.

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