A study has revealed the most ‘toxic’ social media platforms. While the data showed that Twitter took the top spot in this regard, it also drew attention to other negative aspects of social media.
It has an important place in the lives of billions of people around the world. social media platformsis becoming more and more common every day. These channels, where we spend most of our day, not only facilitate the exchange of information, but also allow people who are not physically together to communicate constantly.
However, as we all know, these platforms have too many negative aspects to ignore. Some accounts on these platforms, described as ‘toxic’ or ‘troll’, cause many people to be badly influenced by social media. Made by a platform called SimpleTexting ‘Most Toxic Practices’ research reveals important data on this subject.
Twitter was chosen as the platform with the most troll account problems
According to research published in the past months, Twitter is at the forefront of these applications. According to the study, participants 38.1% ofstated that the most trolls are on Twitter and ensured the platform to be at the top. In addition, 26.9 of the participants your facebook14.8% of of Reddit He stated that he had this problem. Facebook and Reddit were followed by TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.
Besides, research 6 out of 10 people because they are afraid of receiving negative comments from sharing content about certain topics on social media you’re afraid revealed. In addition, 90% of the participants are on their own networks. racist with posts, 86% sexual orientation and gender It attracted attention in the published data that it encountered negative content related to it.
In addition, a study published this week on GlobalData reveals that Twitter has been on the agenda recently with the statements of Elon Musk, apart from troll accounts. with spam problem He also revealed that he was struggling. According to the data obtained with a mathematical model, the active accounts on the giant platform more than 10% posting spam content. The fact that this rate was more than 5% shared by Twitter drew great attention. However, it is emphasized by the researchers that this rate is an estimate and not an absolute certainty.
Social media harms mental health
In addition, the effects of social media on how people see themselves and mental health were also included in SimpleTexting’s research. According to the answers Instagram, in this regard, took the first place as the most harmful platform. Instagram was followed by applications such as Facebook, TikTok and Twitter. Participants 53% While they stated that negative comments on social media harm their mental health, 46% admitted that they interacted negatively with someone else.
In short, the research shows once again that these platforms, on which we spend our hours, can have serious effects on users. that distanced us from each other revealed.
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