Did Facebook fuel political polarization in the 2020 election? It’s complicated

It does strike me that the polarization is more of an internet phenomenon rather than a social media phenomenon (although of course they are tightly linked). People get most of their news from the internet now, and to cope with the disruption major outlets started having to make a lot more clickbait and inflammatory content, and that results in polarization.<p>I think these charts say it all: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;marginalrevolution.com&#x2F;marginalrevolution&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;the-nytimes-is-woke.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;marginalrevolution.com&#x2F;marginalrevolution&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;th...</a>

At some point, the question needs to encompass all social media platforms. Arguably, Facebook&#x27;s days of relevance are over, and we need to be looking where the eyeballs actually are.

At minimum, they sure as hell sold the shovels.

I thought it started during 2016