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Think about a world where anybody who could say anything that would possibly upset you (whether they're trolling or just calling you on your bullshit) are invis

Think about a world where anybody who could say anything that would possibly upset you (whether they're trolling or just calling you on your bullshit) are invisible. Sometimes, the truth hurts. A filter bubble is a carefully engineered blinder, a space free of novel data. If you're trying to understand your opponents' position in any kind of debate, yet your search engine carefully chauffeurs you away from any info that might upset you, you're trapped in a filter bubble. ("Bubble" has irrelevant economic connotations; "hall of mirrors"/"echo chamber" fits better, IMHO.)

hugh3 15y ago
Oh, I'm just trying to visualise a bubble whose skin is made of filters. It doesn't make sense, all the air would leak out.
- stdbrouw 15y ago
  Not if it's optical filters, innit?
- TeMPOraL 15y ago
  Maybe it's about filters that create a bubble of Internet space for you, that contain only the things you like and nothing else? I think the image they use as a logo and used on TED talk is a pretty good visual analogy.
Meai 15y ago
That world already exists, it's called "social network" (not the internet kind)