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Tokenization of social media engagements increases the sharing of false (and other) news but penalization moderates it

Authors: M Alizadeh, E Hoes, F Gilardi

Year: 2025

Published in: Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com

Institution: Department of Marketing, University of Amsterdam, Department of Social Sciences, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Università Degli Studi di Milano

Research Area: Social media, Misinformation, Computational Social Science

Discipline: Computational Social Science

Token-based incentives for social media engagement increase the sharing of misinformation, but implementing penalties for objectionable content can reduce this trend without fully eliminating it.

Methods: Survey experiment analyzing the impact of hypothetical token rewards and penalties on user willingness to share different types of news content.

Key Findings: Effect of token-based incentives and penalties on user engagement and the willingness to share misinformation.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40716-2

Citations: 20