It's 100% a tech problem. Optimizing for clicks pushes users into echo chambers. Try watching a few breitbart or fox news videos on youtube in incognito mode a

It's 100% a tech problem. Optimizing for clicks pushes users into echo chambers. Try watching a few breitbart or fox news videos on youtube in incognito mode and see what happens to the main feed. You'll end up with recommendations for info wars, roger stone and a bunch of conspiracy theories. You'll even start getting targeted ads for fake educational content like PragerU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jdBmQcwnw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jdBmQcwnw) Facebook / Twitter / Google are happy to keep feeding you this crap because it leads to more clicks, engagement and ad views. With recommenders and social graphs shaping most of what we see on the web a lot of less tech savvy people end up being exposed to a more radical looking side of the internet.