The three large null experiments refute the ideological-diversity/echo-chamber pathway to algorithmic polarization but do not address the AA
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abstract: The three large null experiments refute the ideological-diversity/echo-chamber pathway to algorithmic polarization but do not address the AAPA-amplification pathway identified by Piccardi et al. (2025), which remains supported by only one 10-day study on a single platform.
text: The three large null experiments refute the ideological-diversity/echo-chamber pathway to algorithmic polarization but do not address the AAPA-amplification pathway identified by Piccardi et al. (2025), which remains supported by only one 10-day study on a single platform.
date created: 2026-05-08T23:29:59.611Z
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text: The three large null experiments refute the ideological-diversity/echo-chamber pathway to algorithmic polarization but do not address the AAPA-amplification pathway identified by Piccardi et al. (2025), which remains supported by only one 10-day study on a single platform.

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text: Guess et al. (2023) randomized 23,377 Facebook and Instagram users to chronological versus algorithmic feeds for three months during the 2020 election and found no effect on affective polarization.

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text: Nyhan et al. (2023) experimentally reduced exposure to like-minded sources on Facebook and found no reduction in affective polarization, ideological extremity, or candidate evaluations.

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text: Guess et al. (2023) on reshares similarly found that removing reshared political content from feeds did not affect polarization outcomes.

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