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It's an interesting suggestion which certainly makes a good point, however it's wrong in its main assumption - that people have a more or less rational discussi
by dgudkov 6y ago
It's an interesting suggestion which certainly makes a good point, however it's wrong in its main assumption - that people have a more or less rational discussion on social media and are looking to find out the truth rather than publicly re-translate and re-confirm beliefs which are frequently based on emotions and negative life experience.
I'm afraid social media and their AI-powered "optimization for engagement" has exposed something deep and visceral in the human nature. It will probably take years to finally understand what the massive social technology-driven experiment named "social media" actually is.
This experiment has made a few people very rich, and millions of people unhappy and insulted.
- davidgl 6y agoAgreed, we sometimes play the truth seeking game, but on social media the game is much more often the tribal team virtue signalling game