Polly Bots

Our research suggests that stepping outside your echo chamber can make you more polarized not less
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One of the reasons why this happens is that we become captivated by extremists on the other side who overshadow more moderate voices. The bots below retweet messages 12 by moderates each day who our research indicates resonates with members of the other party. We also screen out messages that score high on toxicity/incivility..

Polly Bots
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Last modified: Jan 28, 2026 Added: May 9, 2022
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