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It's a great chance to step out of one's filter bubble. Take it as an opportunity to widen perspectives and exchange ideas that normally wouldn't be exchanged.
by kelseyfrog 4y ago
It's a great chance to step out of one's filter bubble. Take it as an opportunity to widen perspectives and exchange ideas that normally wouldn't be exchanged.
- zmmmmm 4y agoyep ... I immediately saw about 5 articles that looked like straight up russian propaganda about Ukraine on the front page and was quite challenged about whether I wanted to read them or not.
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoAgree! Where else am I going to engage with far left moderators and tech people? I mean; there is only everywhere, but I’m already existing there.
- least 4y agoThe problem is that places that cater to a specific political demographic tend to not tolerate exchanges of ideas, even if they are civil. It's very difficult to intentionally create a community that allows for discourse from wildly varying viewpoints where people feel comfortable sharing their point of view.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoRight, you're conceptualizing echo chambers as external. I'm conceptualizing them as internal. The hardest echo chamber to tear down exists in our own heads, but they are the most rewarding to dismantle.