Some interesting studyage from good ole pew.
Politics can be a sensitive subject and a number of SNS users have decided to block, unfriend, or hide someone because of their politics or posting activities. In all, 18% of social networking site users have taken one of those steps by doing at least one of the following:
- 10% of SNS users have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on the site because that person posted too frequently about political subjects
- 9% of SNS users have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on the site because they posted something about politics or issues that they disagreed with or found offensive
- 8% of SNS users have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on the site because they argued about political issues on the site with the user or someone the user knows
- 5% of SNS users have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on the site because they posted something about politics that the user worried would offend other friends
- 4% of SNS users have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on the site because they disagreed with something the user posted about politics
Of course, that means that 82% of SNS users have not taken any steps to ignore or disconnect from someone whose views are different – or have not encountered any views that would prompt such a move.
Liberals are the most likely to have taken each of these steps to block, unfriend, or hide. In all, 28% of liberals have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on SNS because of one of these reasons, compared with 16% of conservatives and 14% of moderates.
Personally, I almost never ignore anyone for ideological reasons. You can't argue with someone you can't read responses from.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by WillR on Wednesday March 18 2015, @01:20PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 18 2015, @03:00PM
Nah, buzzard was just looking for some attention. Lots of bullshit gets posted here, if he wants the occasional piece to make himself feel smugly superior, let him have the hollow comfort. He probably needs it.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by tathra on Wednesday March 18 2015, @07:48PM
could this be a reaction to the "gewg_ articles" that ACs love complaining about nonstop and try to drown out any possible discussion through endless trolling?
...wait, does this mean that Buzzard is the anti-gewg (aka "gewg_troll")?!