Good news for those subjecting themselves to the toxic atmosphere on Twitter and lamenting the downfall of civilization. A new study reveals that the social media platform is not particularly representative of the broader population.

Twitter has become a dominant space for people to get news, debate politics, keep up on sports and pop culture, instantly politicize tragedies, and to hurl personal insults at strangers with the benefit of anonymity. But it turns out that most of the tweets you’re seeing are coming from a small sliver of people.