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Social‑media feeds are detoxified by a redesigned algorithm

Nature·Social‑media feeds are detoxified by a redesigned algorithm·4 days ago
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RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 27 May 2026 A large-scale experiment tested the impact of changing the Bluesky feed-ranking algorithm on political content and perceptions during the 2024 US presidential election. By making feeds more representative of users, the ‘diversified extremity’ algorithm reduced exposure to polarizing content and made perceptions of social norms more accurate, without reducing user enjoyment. This is a summary of: Brady, W. J. et al . Redesigning algorithms to intervene on social norm misperceptions during a national election. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10536-1 (2026) .…

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