Is social media a 'community' or a democratic assembly reflecting public opinion on important issues? Or in other words, is social media, a "Digital Town Square"(democratic assembly) or Times Square where the loudest, most prolific voices rise above the crowd?A new research article published by Stanford University shows that  social media content is generated by a "small, psychologically distinct set of prolific accounts." Social media users tend to mistake it for the will of the majority.&...

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