1月6日后的脱平台显示了对推特用户意识形态两极分化的长期影响
Cody Buntain1, Maria Snegovaya2
1College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, 130 Campus Dr 4th Floor, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
PNAS nexus
|November 20, 2025
概括
推特的"大脱平台化"最初增加了用户的两极分化和极端主义. 然而,用户最终调节了,与Reddit不同,Reddit在没有长期转变的情况下立即降级.
科学领域:
- 社会媒体研究 社交媒体研究
- 政治沟通的政治沟通
- 计算社会科学 计算社会科学
背景情况:
- 1月6日对美国国会大的袭击导致了大量的内容调节行动,包括Twitter的"伟大脱平台化".
- 了解这种脱平台事件对用户行为和平台动态的影响对于社交媒体研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析观众对推特在1月6日之后的脱平台行动的反应.
- 调查用户发布频率和在Twitter上意识形态倾向的变化.
- 为了比较Twitter的用户行为变化与Reddit上的用户行为变化.
主要方法:
- 在2020年美国大选中对Twitter用户的调查.
- 通过经过验证的新闻分享指标,每天测量用户发布频率和意识形态倾向.
- 将Twitter受访者与类似的Reddit账户配对,以控制外部信息环境的变化.
主要成果:
- 推特在移除平台后立即表现出用户两极分化和意识形态极端的增加.
- 在Twitter上观察到一个长期的缓解效应,因为deplatforming退缩了.
- 雷迪特显示意识形态极端主义的立即减少,但没有长期趋势变化,也没有检测到来自Twitter的统一飞行.
结论:
- 推特的脱平台造成了最初的冲击,增加了两极分化,但最终导致了对其用户的缓和效应.
- 雷迪特的反应不同,立即降级,但没有持久的变化,突出了平台特定的影响.
- 这项研究表明,脱平台的效果是微妙的,尽管最初的两极分化,在Twitter上观察到适度,这在Reddit上没有反映的效果.
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