3 in 4 Facebook 'shares' are by people who haven't read the story, especially the extreme stuff
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3 in 4 Facebook 'shares' are by people who haven't read the story, especially the extreme stuff A US analysis of over 35 million Facebook posts shared between 2017 and 2020 found that ‘shares without clicks’ - articles shared by people who haven't read the article they're sharing - make up
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Original Title: 3 in 4 Facebook ‘shares’ are by people who haven’t read the story, especially extreme stuff or content that confirms pre-existing political stance. Most (76–82%) of unread shared articles are from conservative news sources, with liberals responsible for 14.25% of shared content they hadn’t read.