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I think you’re underestimating the power of filter bubbles. I’m very left, mostly live in SF and LA, and browse r politics. I’ve never seen what you’re talking
by mint2 6y ago
I think you’re underestimating the power of filter bubbles. I’m very left, mostly live in SF and LA, and browse r politics. I’ve never seen what you’re talking about. R politics has an strong point of view but if anything is posted along those lines it gets downvoted to oblivion.
I think you need to reassess how your feeds are being filtered because they appear to have zeroed in on ultra extreme pockets. Either your clicks or the algorithms have put your feeds in a skewed place. It sounds like you’re being shown the right wing caricature of the left. Of course that makes them look insane.
- Proziam 6y agoI follow primarily esports players, a handful of folks like Patio11 and Paul Graham, some constitutional conservatives, a handful of John Locke style liberals, a few gun people (Colion Noir, and others) and that's it. Despite this, I am rarely shown anything conservative on Twitter. If the algo gods have decided I'm extreme left, then they are broken beyond repair. It seems more likely to me that Twitter simply de-prioritizes conservative media. Meanwhile, stuff like this is pretty mainstream. WAPO opinion writer and MSNBC contributor - https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1324792225260253184 https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1324792225260253184 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1324807776510595078 https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1324807776510595078 The Trump Accountability Project (There are two, the original has now distanced themselves from this one) - https://www.trumpaccountability.net/ https://www.trumpaccountability.net/ MSNBC Host Chris Hayes - Tweet deleted, found this instead https://twitter.com/VoteMarsha/status/1325477249697673217 https://twitter.com/VoteMarsha/status/1325477249697673217