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Social Media Experiences Across Nearly 2 Years Since Launching the Social Media Index
With new data through January 2025, we find that social media use is decreasing, bad experiences are mostly holding steady, and positive experiences are…
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Matt Motyl
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Social Media Experiences Across Nearly 2 Years Since Launching the Social Media Index
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Social Media and Politics from 2023-2025
I examine the political identities, extremity, and polarization of US adults across platforms over a 2-year national survey.
Apr 1
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Matt Motyl
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Social Media and Politics from 2023-2025
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February 2025
Court Agrees that Regulating Engagement Based Algorithms is Constitutional
A US District Court recently upheld that feed algorithms contain both expressive and non-expressive components, and that the non-expressive components…
Feb 4
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Ravi Iyer
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Court Agrees that Regulating Engagement Based Algorithms is Constitutional
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January 2025
To Evaluate Meta’s Shift, Focus on the Product Changes, Not the Moderation
Meta’s recent announcements include two changes in its moderation efforts and one change to its algorithm design. The algorithm design changes are the…
Jan 15
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Ravi Iyer
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To Evaluate Meta’s Shift, Focus on the Product Changes, Not the Moderation
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November 2024
How Social Media Experiences Changed from March 2023 through May 2024
With new data through May 2024, we find that Reddit is increasingly informing users, while X isn’t across 5 survey waves conducted between 2023 & 2024
Nov 18, 2024
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Matt Motyl
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How Social Media Experiences Changed from March 2023 through May 2024
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August 2024
Twitter/X Should Stop Incentivizing Fear Speech in the UK
We know enough about the physics of social media to know that an algorithm that optimizes for reposts and comments will increase the risk of violence.
Aug 6, 2024
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Ravi Iyer
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Twitter/X Should Stop Incentivizing Fear Speech in the UK
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How do Polish adults use and experience social media?
X and Facebook users report highest rates of negative experiences in Poland; YouTube users report the most learning experiences
Aug 5, 2024
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Matt Motyl
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How do Polish adults use and experience social media?
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July 2024
Do people still have meaningful connections on social media?
We examine how people’s connections with others online may have changed over 1 year marked by an influx of AI chatbots & unconnected content
Jul 29, 2024
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Matt Motyl
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Do people still have meaningful connections on social media?
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May 2024
How Apple, Google, and Microsoft Can Help Parents Protect Children
The case for device-based age verification
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May 29, 2024
Has social media become more (or less) informative in the last year?
Nextdoor & Pinterest lead the way in becoming more informative places for users; YouTube remains the most informative platform
May 22, 2024
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Matt Motyl
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Has social media become more (or less) informative in the last year?
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April 2024
How negative experiences on social media changed in the last 12 months
NextDoor, Facebook, TikTok, and Reddit users report fewer negative experiences today than a year ago; not so much on Instagram or X (Twitter)
Apr 22, 2024
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Matt Motyl
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How negative experiences on social media changed in the last 12 months
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The Fear Factor: Better Understanding Online Discussions About Crime and Safety
Today we are sharing a guest post by our friends at Yale's Justice Collaboratory who combined our Neely Social Media Index data with their research to…
Apr 2, 2024
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Jessica Araujo
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The Fear Factor: Better Understanding Online Discussions About Crime and Safety
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