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Key misinformation “superspreaders” on Twitter: Older women (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I believe this, but it’s also LOTS of men too

[–] Rustmilian 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes. But that 60% F to 40% M ratio is quite telling, and the fact that the majority of them were 20y older than the rest of the sample...
Basically it means older people on Twitter spread misinformation and that of those older people they're major women.
However, it only applies to Twitter, I want to see the numbers for Facebook; it is basically the gathering place of older people so it'd be more interesting.