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and the echo chambers isolate further...
by lanecwagner 6y ago
and the echo chambers isolate further...
- Throwawayjedi 6y agothe alternative being censorship?
- cyanydeez 6y agowe have had nazi forums for decades, hows this gonna change the way in which nazis want to orgqnize
- andyxor 6y agowhat makes you think conservatives are equivalent of 'nazis'
- mpfundstein 6y agoprehudice due to msm brainwashing I would say. its a shame that our society is so well educated and still not able to not put a label on everybodys head
- postalrat 6y agoI think he means the twitter echo chamber.
- underwater 6y agoTwitter as a product seems to be completely built around reinforcing existing viewpoints. For example: * You can't convince anyone of anything in 280 characters. So the content just reinforces existing beliefs. * Likes and retweets means that posts that get a strong reaction will overtake everything else. This means everything is either optimised for inducing anger or is a joke. * The product is built around cults of personalities rather than letting the content speak for itself. * Distribution via quote tweets mean the audience has been primed on what to think about something before they read it. I don't think there was ever any chance that Twitter could facilitate a meeting of the minds.
- nradov 6y agoWhat is the number of characters required to convince someone of something?
- geoduck14 6y agoProbably like 281
- underwater 6y agoIf even want to explore a topic with some nuance you need more than 280 characters. Twitter's quota gives you three, maybe four, sentences. That's not enough to even define conflicting view points, let along explore those view points in depth.
- ipnon 6y agoI actually prefer it this way. I use Twitter to follow bleeding edge crypto accounts. I have many other interests but if Twitter started diversifying my feed with mainstream viewpoints I would stop using the service. They have a hard game to play where they can't make everyone happy, so I sympathize. I don't spend a penny on Twitter so I can't complain.
- AzzieElbab 6y agoHow would you envision an alternative?
- ekianjo 6y ago> and the echo chambers isolate further... Echo chambers are a natural thing. People gravitate to others' who have similar viewpoints. Has always been true, now it's not just true in a physical sense but also digitally. The behavior hasn't changed a bit though. Also, even people who claim to be "open-minded" would have a very hard time being exposed constantly to contrarian viewpoints: your mental health depends on anchoring, whether you realize it or not.