Post #2005857
2023-01-12 11:18 UTC
I'd fallen for, and helped spread, what I now realize was a myth about quote tweets: That there's almost no research on them. Big mistake! Now rectified.
Here's my new post, digging into more than 30 studies with data on quote tweets. They don't settle all the questions. But there are answers, or at least partial ones, to most. It's still complicated, though.
It's a * very * long read, but there are summary points ....1/2
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/01/12/quote-tweeting-over-30-studies-dispel-some-myths/
#MissedQuoteBoost #QuoteBoost #QuoteTweets
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@hildabast@mastodon.online 2023-01-12 11:23
...My take now? Making quoting easy is not a major vector for abuse or toxicity, and there are benefits. That’s not to say that the quote tweet can’t be abused. Every form of tweet/post can be, and is. The toxicity was already there, thriving in replies in particular, and amplified in all its forms by the algorithm, retweets, and hashtags. Did the quote tweet make it worse? If it did, it may not have been by much - and in a couple of datasets, it improved civility. 2/2