>But, are those echo chambers communities? Or are they audiences disguised as communities? These are certainly communities. In fact I would go so far as to say

>But, are those echo chambers communities? Or are they audiences disguised as communities? These are certainly communities. In fact I would go so far as to say they are rather neutral in terms of their politics or at least should be. The interesting thing is that I'm there for the original purpose and politics sort of comes up. This wouldn't become a big deal as that should at most become epistemic bubble based on the average bias of the community. The problem is that they have become echo chambers. They are hostile toward anyone posing an alternative viewpoint. This isn't something new in the last year or something. It has been building for 10 years or more. It's not social media because social media isn't involved at all. My going theory is that it's a political schism caused by identity politics. When looking at history, these never turn out well. I have seen quite a few democrat aligned folks calling for civil war.