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.

  • @KichaeEnglish
    8•5 months ago

    The thing is, what a politically engaged person thinks of as “politics” and what a disengaged one does probably has limited overlap. People probably aren’t bringing the Tories or the Republicans up in a D&D community, but bring up race portrayal or representation for disabled people and watch the sparks fly.

    • @[email protected]English
      0•5 months ago

      People probably aren’t bringing the Tories or the Republicans up in a D&D community, but bring up race portrayal or representation for disabled people and watch the sparks fly.

      I wouldn’t bring up either up during a game. Unless I was prepared for some serious eye rolls and not being invited again lol.

      And unfortunately people do bring up the former during all kinds of shit. Politic brains are wild.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•5 months ago

        People in a D&D subreddit aren’t playing D&D; they’re talking about playing D&D. Those are completely valid topics to bring up.

        • @[email protected]English
          0•5 months ago

          Depends on the commynity. Some just don’t want politics being brought into them. If it’s allowed/not forbidden then by all means.