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Social media also makes it easy to get exposed to opposing views. I make it a point to subscribe and follow people/groups with very opposing views to mine (as
by Illniyar 10y ago
Social media also makes it easy to get exposed to opposing views.
I make it a point to subscribe and follow people/groups with very opposing views to mine (as long as they are articulate).
Such a thing was not very possible to do before social networks, and being exposed to such thing have changed my mind several times (or at least moved me to the middle ground).
- thirteenfingers 10y agoI think that's a great approach. Personally I haven't been on social media for a couple years now (for various reasons including concerns over data privacy) but I considered having all those opposing views at hand to be one of the principal benefits of social media - in fact, that was the main reason I stayed on social media as long as I did. > Such a thing was not very possible to do before social networks I would say it was definitely possible, it just took a bit more effort. (Since leaving social media I've made a point of reading left-wing and right-wing opinion sites side-by-side. It's very illuminating.) That said, it does seem like for the average user the tendency is for social media to become an echo chamber. Edit: formatting