if you want to see posts in chronological or reverse chronological order, you can. but since we re talking about the algorithm, and potential for polarization, we publish the content we demote, meaning reduce the distribution of. that includes click bait, engagement bait bauds we want people to have a good experience on the service. i just want to say, i understand the temptation to blame polarization on this industry, but if you look, the research is very clear that polarization in this country has been going up for decades before social media even existed. and if you look at other western democracies i suppose. the research that i ve the research that i ve seen is that when social media got popular, poplarization got worse, and i think there are loads of research that suggests that also, but monica bickert, we appreciate you coming on. we know you have to go. i could talk to you much longer about what you re asking congress for, and how you plan
polarizing content. conspiracy theory recommendations started on day two. after about a week the account received a k non q anon. two, false content, and week three the accounts news feed was an intensifying mix of misinformation, misleading and recycled content polarizing memes and con smirsy content dispersed with engagement bait. you can sy why are we taking the incredibly out there topics q anon, why are these things facebook is choosing to show you and it s because those things get the highest engagement. gasoline on a fire. reporter: facebook says it uses things like that test account to identify security issues and was involved in its decision to ban q anon from its platforms. the company tell us hate speech has declined by 50% on its platforms in the last three quarters.
money stream this morning. wall street waits on an early christmas gift. tax cuts. that s the 0th record. the nasdaq also at an all-time high. the dow is about 200 points shy of 25,000. the dow if you re keeping score is up 5,000 points this year alone. wow. hershey and campbells are betting $7 billion on healthy snacks. hersheys is buy. ing the maker of skinny pop popcorn. camp sells and hershey are the latest food companies to cash in on the kraiing for healthy foods. the snack market jumped significantly in the past five years and estimated at a $19 billion market. fishing for likes. facebook is fighting engagement bait. it will demote posts that use tricks to show up often in your