aif version: AIF-Core-2011
mesh aif profile: 1.0
exported at: 2026-08-30T19:16:42.283Z
attestation:
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  argument id: cmoy086ei09nq8cssmhgj3w09
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  version: 1
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  retrieved at: 2026-08-30T19:16:42.115Z
  created at: 2026-05-09T07:10:17.706Z
  updated at: 2026-05-09T07:10:17.706Z
  conclusion:
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    text: Piccardi et al. 2025 does not undermine the convergence of null results from algorithm-level manipulations because it tests a different intervention type and its key result loses significance under population reweighting.
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    text: Piccardi et al. (2025) tested LLM-based content-targeted reranking of AAPA content, a different intervention from the algorithm-on vs. algorithm-off comparison tested by Gauthier et al. (2026) and Guess et al. (2023).
    is implicit: false
  premises:
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    text: The Piccardi et al. supplementary reweighting to match the X user population rendered the post-treatment Reduced Exposure effect non-significant.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
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    text: The convergence of null results from algorithm-level manipulations across Facebook, Instagram, and X represents a consistent pattern across platforms and research teams.
    is implicit: false
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    key: methodological_critique
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    total: 6
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      cq key: bias_direction_known?
      text: Is the literature really agreed that defects of kind K bias inferences in direction B, or is the bias direction itself contested?
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      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
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      answer author kind: HUMAN
      status: open
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      text: Does study S actually have defect D, or is the description of S inaccurate?
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      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
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      text: Is the expected magnitude of the bias from D large enough to overturn S's reported effect, or is the effect robust to plausible bias corrections?
      attack kind: REBUTS
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      scheme key: methodological_critique
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      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
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      text: Has S (or a follow-up study) performed a robustness check or sensitivity analysis that addresses defect D directly?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
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      premise type: ORDINARY
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      inherited from parent scheme: false
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      challenged: false
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      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
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      status: open
    unanswered:
      cq key: selective_critique?
      text: Is this critique applied consistently — i.e., would it apply to studies on the other side of the debate that share the same defect kind K?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
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    unanswered:
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      text: Is H supported by independent studies that do not share defect D, such that S's defect does not undermine H itself?
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cmoy0819v09nh8cssvs82sc6d
type: InformationNode
text: Piccardi et al. 2025 does not undermine the convergence of null results from algorithm-level manipulations because it tests a different intervention type and its key result loses significance under population reweighting.

cmoy082gn09nj8csssxf65id8
type: InformationNode
text: Piccardi et al. (2025) tested LLM-based content-targeted reranking of AAPA content, a different intervention from the algorithm-on vs. algorithm-off comparison tested by Gauthier et al. (2026) and Guess et al. (2023).

cmoy083ne09nl8cssdxzhmjul
type: InformationNode
text: The Piccardi et al. supplementary reweighting to match the X user population rendered the post-treatment Reduced Exposure effect non-significant.

cmoy084vz09nn8cssf95g2fu2
type: InformationNode
text: The convergence of null results from algorithm-level manipulations across Facebook, Instagram, and X represents a consistent pattern across platforms and research teams.

cmoy086ei09nq8cssmhgj3w09
type: RA
type: methodological critique
uses scheme: methodological_critique
name: Methodological Critique (NON-STANDARD)
applies scheme key: methodological_critique

Premise
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Premise
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to: S:cmoy086ei09nq8cssmhgj3w09

Premise
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Conclusion
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bias direction known?
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key: bias_direction_known?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
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defect present?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: defect_present?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
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magnitude of bias?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: magnitude_of_bias?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
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robustness check?
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key: robustness_check?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
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selective critique?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: selective_critique?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
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triangulation?
type: CriticalQuestion
key: triangulation?
status: open

hasCriticalQuestion
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