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> who don't share your ideas would not be invited So, an echo chamber.
by droithomme 7y ago
> who don't share your ideas would not be invited
So, an echo chamber.
- toastal 7y agoThat's a bit myopic. I think it's more a sense of values which is often having similar belief systems. Right now you have pointless devil's advocacy from manga-profile-pictured nobodies looking to assert their own masturbatory 'intellectual dominance'. Most people just don't want this on their platform at all and fundamentally don't agree with this level of muh free speech. This is why many users have sought a haven in Mastodon, like the LGBTQ+ community. Not engaging with these trolls isn't trying to create an echo chamber at all; this is allowing these communities to voice their thoughts and opinions without the malice of people not on the same ethical page.
- shakyshakyshaky 7y agowere loyalists invited to the continental congress? Sometimes there's simply no merit in allowing certain people into certain spaces.
- droithomme 7y agoIt is not true at all that the Continental Congress consisted of people identical in thoughts and ideas. Much debate took place from people with very different ideas. It was not an echo chamber, which is what one gets when only people who already agree on things are allowed in a space. It's everyone's right to create such a private place, and it may be soothing to them if they only like to hear the sound of their own voice.