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Bingo. Filter bubbles are nothing new. Newspapers are lo-fi filter bubbles. Each newspaper occupied a different part of the political spectrum with its own bias
by axg11 4y ago
Bingo. Filter bubbles are nothing new. Newspapers are lo-fi filter bubbles. Each newspaper occupied a different part of the political spectrum with its own biases. The concept of "following" is also a filter bubble. People will naturally follow other Twitter users with similar views, until the point where most of their feed consists of like-minded tweets.
We are independently blaming every social media platform for what is, fundamentally, a human problem.
- JanneVee 4y agoWell the problem I'm trying to point out is that yes it is a fundamentally human problem. The problem is that a machine is amplifying this. There is a curation of content that is personal that may lock you harder in the filter bubble than a newspaper trying to cater to a wide audience. To cater to wider audience occasionally the newspaper will contain something that outside of your safe little bubble. It is a bigger chance that you expand and/or evolve your views because of this. Of course the option is to be closed minded, but that is a choice by the reader and not the social media platform which do it for you automatically to keep you using the platform.