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Won't people just use this to build impenetrable bubbles around themselves? You say you'll use it to peek outside of your bubble, but I suspect most people wou
by umvi 7y ago
Won't people just use this to build impenetrable bubbles around themselves?
You say you'll use it to peek outside of your bubble, but I suspect most people would use it to reinforce their bubbles by filtering any speech that is inconvenient or uncomfortable.
- DaiPlusPlus 7y agoIt already exists on reddit. I don't think "T_D" has any kind of significant readership from well-grounded people with genuine curiosity of what the MAGA camp is currently discussing. Instead, we need to end isolationism and the siloing of audiences. We should be forced to interact with people we have ideological disagreements with so, at the very least, we don't dehumanize them (note that I'm not calling for tolerance of intolerance, and I believe voices of division should be deplatformed).
- ratsmack 7y agoThe difference with Reddit is that it's not the general audience that is isolating T_D, It's the Reddit admins. It should be left up to the individual readers as to what they want to see in their feed, not the admins.
- weaksauce 7y agoand they certainly can. they just can't export their hate and vitriol to people not logged in and subscribed or just browsing all.
- DaiPlusPlus 7y agoYou can - Reddit's users can all subscribe to a other subreddits and can unsubscribe from the default subreddits.
- ratsmack 7y agoThen why do they utilize admins and mods to delete so many submissions and comments that fall outside some predetermined narrative?
- ratsmack 7y agoPeople should be able to choose what they want to see, but they shouldn't determine what others wish to see in their feed.
- big_chungus 7y agoMany platforms use the feedback of other users to rank and deliver content. Views and ratings on you tube influence recommendations, up mods on reddit influence what hits the front page of a sub reddit or the site over all, up mods on HN influence what hits the front page. Many sites on the internet are premised on users consciously allowing others to determine what they see.
- scotty79 7y agoPeople don't change their mind when they are confronted with opposing views. They double down and get more entrenched when that happens. So letting people live in their bubbles might soften their conviction and keep them open to opposing ideas when they finally encounter them.