Paper

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  "raw_xml": "<entry>\n    <id>http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17901v1</id>\n    <title>Grievance Politics vs. Policy Debates: A Cross-Platform Analysis of Conservative Discourse on Truth Social and Reddit</title>\n    <updated>2026-03-18T16:35:10Z</updated>\n    <link href='https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17901v1' rel='alternate' type='text/html'/>\n    <link href='https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.17901v1' rel='related' title='pdf' type='application/pdf'/>\n    <summary>We present the first large-scale comparative analysis of Truth Social and the most popular conservative Reddit communities, r/Conservative, r/conservatives, and r/Republican. Using topic modeling with FASTopic and LLM-assisted refinement, we analyze topic prevalence, toxicity, and temporal dynamics across these communities during the first eight months of Truth Social. We find clear contrasts: Truth Social centers on grievance and narrative-driven content, while Reddit focuses more on policy debates. Toxicity is higher on Reddit and peaks in cultural and leader-focused topics. Despite similar event-driven participation shocks across platforms, Truth Social shows higher baseline proportions of users engaging with political topics. Our findings contribute to understanding how alternative right-leaning platforms reshape online discourse.</summary>\n    <category scheme='http://arxiv.org/schemas/atom' term='cs.SI'/>\n    <category scheme='http://arxiv.org/schemas/atom' term='cs.CY'/>\n    <published>2026-03-18T16:35:10Z</published>\n    <arxiv:comment>Accepted at ICWSM 2026</arxiv:comment>\n    <arxiv:primary_category term='cs.SI'/>\n    <author>\n      <name>Yining Wang</name>\n    </author>\n    <author>\n      <name>Alhasan Abdellatif</name>\n    </author>\n    <author>\n      <name>Artemis Deligianni</name>\n    </author>\n    <author>\n      <name>Hannah Hok</name>\n    </author>\n    <author>\n      <name>Yusuf Mucahit Cetinkaya</name>\n    </author>\n    <author>\n      <name>Tugrulcan Elmas</name>\n    </author>\n  </entry>"
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