Online Hate Speech Increases During Extreme Hot and Cold Weather, Study Shows
A temperature sign at an El Dorado Savings Bank during a heatwave in Sacramento, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.umans prefer their weather in something of a Goldilocks zone—a not-too-hot, not-too-cold temperature window which not only affects our physical comfort, but also our mood. During heat waves or deep freezes, tempers fray, patience wears thin, and behavior can suffer. Now,, has found that this holds true not only in our in-person interactions, but online too.
That’s a broad definition and the algorithm could sometimes be flummoxed by it. While the researchers could train the program to recognize hateful words and terms, some have multiple meanings. Notably, the software had to learn the meaning of the N-word. One variant of the word, which ends in “-a”, for example, has been “reappropriated as a type of endearment in some communities,” the authors wrote.
“Even in high-income areas where people can afford air conditioning and other heat mitigation options, we observe an increase in hate speech on extremely hot days,” said Anders Levermann, head of complexity science at PIK and a co-author of the study, in a statement accompanying its release. “There are likely limits of adaptation to extreme temperatures and these are lower than those set by our mere physiological limits.
“This could suggest that the hate tweet increases are dependent on the temperatures we are used to,” the authors wrote.Limitations in the study didn’t allow researchers to use geographical information to tease out any differences in weather-related hate tweeting depending on socioeconomic status, faith, race, political party membership or more.
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