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This is one of the issues that the social media bubble creates. We don't reach people that are different, neither do their voices reach us. We are all so conne
by lis 10y ago
This is one of the issues that the social media bubble creates.
We don't reach people that are different, neither do their voices reach us. We are all so connected nowadays and yet so separated.
- PerfectElement 10y agoHow did you reach those people before social media?
- code_duck 10y agofor the most part, we all watched the same 3 news networks and read the same newspapers.
- lis 10y agoI'm not sure if we did, but we didn't forget that they exist. We focussed so much on publishing facts (and rants) on social media, instead of talking to the people directly. There are zero Trump supporters on my timeline, everybody is shocked and horrified. I would bet that there are people out there who have a diametrically opposed timeline with zero HC supporters. We need to get those people together instead of further alienating and separating them by "better", more personalised and targeted algorithms.
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoThat is only partially true. Before, your bubble usually was the people around you, physically. You had network news and the newspapers for your information. You could read books about other countries and systems. If you had cable, you could watch the 24 hour news at the time - Cspan and similar things. The bubble has simply shifted and become slightly more obvious. Which really disappoints me. I was all hopeful that the internet would broaden people's bubble, but that was 20+ years ago.
- mikeash 10y agoStrange, it's been the opposite for me. Social media has revealed to me diverse political opinions from friends that I never would have known about otherwise.