Twitter/X's Trending Topics Are Full of Angry Rhetoric, Study Finds
Your feed might be making you angrier—here's why that matters.
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- A new study found that many trending topics on Twitter/X use language meant to provoke or attack.
- Trending topics are seen by millions, so hostile rhetoric can spread quickly and affect public mood.
- The study is a preprint (not yet peer-reviewed) and doesn't explain why this happens or how to fix it.
Why It Matters
Constant exposure to angry rhetoric can stress you out and distort your view of what most people think.