Articles written by The Washington Post-caitlin Dewey

The Washington Post-Caitlin Dewey|Feb 18, 2016

Disagreements are a fact of life, whether you’re online or off it. But it’s a fact universally acknowledged that arguments are frequently more entrenched on the Internet. Luckily, for the commenters and Facebook-feuders of the web, a new study from researchers at Cornell suggests that there are some specific techniques you can use to win arguments online. (Short of never engaging at all, of course, which is a victory of its own kind). The study, which will be presented in April at the International World Wide Web Conference, analyzed 18,000 thr...