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The following sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. What is the most logical order? Meanwhile, people are posting less. The share of…

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The following sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. What is the most logical order?
  1. Meanwhile, people are posting less. The share of Americans who say they enjoy documenting their life online has fallen from 40 per cent to 28 per cent since 2020.
  2. The striking feature of the new social media is that they are no longer very social.
  3. Some of the consequences of this are welcome. Political campaigners say they have to tone down their message to win over private groups.
  4. Debate is moving to closed platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
  5. Inspired by TikTok, apps like Facebook increasingly serve a diet of clips selected by artificial intelligence according to a user’s viewing behaviour, not their social connections
  1. 2,1,4,3,5
  2. 2,5,1,4,3
  3. 2,1,5,4,3
  4. 2,5,3,1,4

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B - 2,5,1,4,3

The order is 2, 5, 1, 4, 3. The opening claim leads to the example of algorithm-selected clips, and “meanwhile” adds the parallel trend of fewer personal posts. Debate moving to private platforms then sets up the campaigners' response, so 2, 5, 3, 1, 4 discusses that response before introducing the shift it follows.

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