Platforms, Polarization and Democracy - Cosma Shalizi and I have a new paper, which Nate Matias objects to strenuously. Here's our response crookedtimber.org/2024/02/21/5...
I remember when lots of Dems felt that the 2004 election had been stolen, but no notable pols backed this claim so the clusters of people making this claim faded away. I think top-down endorsement of fraud claims is a bigger deal than the lateral connections made by social media.
