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I'm always confused by this discourse, because my Facebook feed is stream a bunch of vacation and baby photos, while my Twitter, no matter how hard I try to cur

• makomk 6y ago
  Probably because Twitter has actively wooed journalists by giving them easy access to verification, greater prominence on the platform, and helping to supply them with an endless source for stories (helped by the fact that it's inherently much more public than Facebook posts). Also, a lot of the political vitriol on there is in aid of causes the journalists support.
• asveikau 6y ago
  Probably your feed is different from a lot of people's. Mine isn't so bad either, but I have seen ugly stuff on there on public groups. If you were to seek it, you would find it. And probably a number of people find it without seeking, then get caught up.
• quicklime 6y ago
  It really depends on which filter bubble you're stuck in. Mine is ok too, but some people see very different things: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/facebook-disinformation-boomers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/facebook-disinfor...