Whether excited about gaining new followers or desperate to win back lost subscribers, investors who saw changes to their subscriber count performed worse than before their subscribers changed, according to a new study.
Chasing followers makes crypto traders perform worse on social investment sites
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Polarization in lower-income countries largely flows from economic and material issues, while social topics and identity-related debates are the most polarizing subjects in richer nations, new research reveals.This post was originally published on this site
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When I taught research methods to undergraduates, I would start by asking whether anyone in the class had $20. Though harder to come by thanks to digital payment options, inevitably someone would produce a $20 [...]
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People convicted of federal white-collar crimes come from different social and demographic backgrounds compared to those convicted of other offenses. Typically older and from the middle class, white-collar offenders face unique challenges during reentry into [...]
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Polygamy—a legally or customarily recognized marriage involving three or more people—is currently illegal in Australia. However, new research suggests a way to legalize the practice without disrupting the foundations of Australian marriage law.This post was [...]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in many countries worldwide to provide public social services, assisting in entitlement decisions to state-paid pensions and unemployment benefits, assessments of asylum applications, and assignments of places at [...]
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Researchers analyzed three decades of sanctions on foreign aid to assess their impact on health. They hope the work can help government officials better understand and address how foreign policy decisions affect the well-being of [...]
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Trying to persuade people with different political views can be fatiguing and frustrating, but it’s not as pointless as we might think. New research shows that even on divisive issues, far more persuasion attempts succeeded [...]
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The Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on March 18, 2025. The court order to pause the agency’s shuttering came days after Secretary of [...]
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The global trade landscape is shifting, and not in the way free traders had hoped. For decades, the belief that economic openness could foster peace and stability reigned supreme. Trade, it was argued, could transform [...]
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When the New Scientist revealed that it had obtained a UK government minister’s ChatGPT prompts through a freedom of information (FOI) request, many in journalism and politics did a double take. Science and technology minister [...]
