Article 1: Questions 41-45
 When joutnalists and academics talk about the morass of hate and ies online, they tendto focus on tech platforms, rightfully so. (W) The platforms ate imiensely powetful, andtheir design can encourage tadicalization and the spread of conspiracy theories,amplifying the most toxic forces in our culture.
But online garbage (whether political and scientifc misinformation or racist memes) isalso created because there's an audience for it. (X) Theit thoughts and impulses anddiattibes ate grist for the algorithmic content mills. When we talk about engagement, weare tallking about them. They--or tathet, weare the ones clicking; We are often theones telling the platforms, "More of this, please."This is a disquieting tealization. (Y) As the authot Richard Seymour wites in his bookTbe T'wittering Machine, if social media "confronts us with a string of calamitiesaddiction, depression, 'fake news,' trolls, online mobs, alt-right subcultures--it is onlyexploiting and magnifying problems that are already socially pervasive." He goes on, "Ifwe've found ourselves addicted to social nedia, in spite or because of its frequentnastiness ... then there is something in us that's waiting to be addicted."Misery, famously, loves company--and, however shallow, social media provides that indroves. It's worth asking: What if the internet so frequently feels miserable, and makesthose of us posting and reacting feel misetable, because so many people are miserable inthe first place? (Z) What if we all absorb that misery at scale online and, somnetimesunwittingly, inflict it on one another?
【題組】41. What would be a synonym of the word "motass" in the first sentence?
(A) concept
(B) spread
(C) cave
(D) chaos