Wisdom of Polarized Crowds

Echo Chambers

Limit the variety of information they observe & trust

Polarization

Division of a society, group, or political body into sharp, opposing ideological factions, leaving moderate positions behind

Higher polarization is associated with higher quality

Semantic Diversity

Traces distinct meanings or issues discussed in a talk page

Expect that political polarization will focus debate on a few contested, politically relevant topics, but frame them in multiple ways, yielding lower semantic diversity & higher lexical diversity

Lexical Diversity

Captures the number of ways in which editors discuss them

Expect that political polarization will focus debate on a few contested, politically relevant topics, but frame them in multiple ways, yielding lower semantic diversity & higher lexical diversity