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The broader point is that this analysis applies not just to Facebook, but Twitter and Reddit as well. Engagement is a revenue driver and veracity isn't. What's
by moomin 10y ago
The broader point is that this analysis applies not just to Facebook, but Twitter and Reddit as well. Engagement is a revenue driver and veracity isn't.
What's worse, the same applies to regular news as well as aggregators. It always has to a certain extent, but improving technology, changing social attitudes and razor-thin margins have weaponised this.
But we're not even finished there: the US and the UK are geographically sorting their populations by political affiliation. Want to see a political bubble? Look outside.
- pjc50 10y ago> geographically sorting their populations by political affiliation Gerrymandering doesn't help; but the idea that "all politics is local" is very old, and the reason we have geographical representatives rather than national PR in the first place.
- moomin 10y agoYes, but it's getting much, much worse. Republicans simply don't want to live in Democrat areas and vice versa. They don't explicitly think that, they just see that certain areas make them feel comfortable and stay there. It's heading to the point where these groups won't even meet.