User self-selection reduces cross-cutting political exposure more than algorithmic ranking does, limiting the scope for algorithmic effects
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abstract: User self-selection reduces cross-cutting political exposure more than algorithmic ranking does, limiting the scope for algorithmic effects on any downstream polarization outcome.
text: User self-selection reduces cross-cutting political exposure more than algorithmic ranking does, limiting the scope for algorithmic effects on any downstream polarization outcome.
date created: 2026-05-04T21:19:44.629Z
date published: 2026-05-04T21:19:44.629Z
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text: User self-selection reduces cross-cutting political exposure more than algorithmic ranking does, limiting the scope for algorithmic effects on any downstream polarization outcome.

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text: Bakshy et al. (2015) measured ideological exposure for 10.1 million US Facebook users and found that individual user choices reduced cross-cutting exposure more than algorithmic ranking did.

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text: The study quantified that algorithmic ranking reduced potential cross-cutting exposure by approximately 8%, while user click choices reduced it by approximately 15%.

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