artifex@piefed.social to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months agoU.S. Political Polarization Didn’t Rise Gradually—It Spiked After 2008, Study Findsthedebrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkU.S. Political Polarization Didn’t Rise Gradually—It Spiked After 2008, Study Findsthedebrief.orgartifex@piefed.social to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
Polarization in the U.S. didn’t rise gradually. A new machine-learning study shows it surged after 2008- but why?
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media I remember 2008. That’s when my classmates got into social media.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoTrue, 2010-2012 was when people thought you were weird for not having a Facebook account.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoBingo. I was in high school, so right in the jaws of all of that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media
I remember 2008. That’s when my classmates got into social media.
True, 2010-2012 was when people thought you were weird for not having a Facebook account.
Bingo. I was in high school, so right in the jaws of all of that.