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"Simply telling people not to share certain types of content that could be harmful, dangerous or false will not be effective for habitual users, even if it work
by speak_plainly 3y ago
"Simply telling people not to share certain types of content that could be harmful, dangerous or false will not be effective for habitual users, even if it works for nonhabitual users."
It's pretty obvious that social media users create some pretty intense echo chambers. People are posting erroneous or incomplete information that aligns more with their feelings than with reality.
Maybe what's driving people to become habitual users in the first place is a search for easy answers and their biases confirmed rather than just wanting to be part of a group. People want to be right and it seems they are willing to distort facts to do so and that creates a sort of contagion with the rest of the crowd searching for easy explanations for everything. But who knows.
It's an interesting topic and I hope research continues.