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I'd love to see something that works to reverse this trend. Maybe some kind of option on facebook that allows you to modify the feed a bit, or some kind of demo
by seventytwo 10y ago
I'd love to see something that works to reverse this trend. Maybe some kind of option on facebook that allows you to modify the feed a bit, or some kind of demographic-based version of Omegle. Maybe a browser plugin that can learn about you (and the echo chamber you are in) and start suggesting things that are challenging to your world view.
- qb45 10y agoThe worst offenders in social media disinformation deliberately use social media to get in touch with others like them because of social's "clustering" tendencies so no, it wouldn't get much adoption. Internet is full of opposing opinions. It's not like people don't see them, they don't click them.
- pg314 10y agoThe people that would most benefit from that plugin wouldn't be the ones to use it. If you are aware of your media bubble, you probably have the cognitive tools to do something about it. If it isn't solved at the root, i.e. at the Facebook level, it won't be solved. However, since Facebook's commercial interests are aligned against it, I am pessimistic it will be solved. Maybe Facebook's successor can solve it.
- thenomad 10y agoI run one such thing on Twitter: http://www.strangecompany.org/how-to-fight-the-filter-bubble-new-twitter-app-thing/# http://www.strangecompany.org/how-to-fight-the-filter-bubble... I need to update it a bit with a few of the newer subreddits that have sprung up for alt-right types, but it's still there.