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Yale: 'Likes' and 'Shares' Teach People to Express More Outrage Online
August 14, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 14 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release:

Social media platforms like Twitter amplify expressions of moral outrage over time because users learn such language gets rewarded with an increased number of "likes" and "shares," a new Yale University study shows.

And these rewards had the greatest influence on users connected with politically moderate networks.

"Social media's ince . . .

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