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IMO it's bit ironic that people seek maximum diversity within a single platform without taking into account the effort to seek the diversity beyond that platfor
by random3 3y ago
IMO it's bit ironic that people seek maximum diversity within a single platform without taking into account the effort to seek the diversity beyond that platform.
There are online communities beyond X and, event within X you can just choose to track select groups you follow and constantly unfollow what you don't like.
- passion__desire 3y agoI have few ideas. Why can't people create their own filter bubbles? Lists do that in some sense. How about "For You" tab but for a particular List so that recommendations expand and let me get the feel of that particular List's filter bubble. Why can't I choose to browse Twitter as it appears to a particular category of people e.g. say a mathematician or neuroscientist? Twitter is all public, there is no fear of de-anonymizing anyone if Twitter decides to implement such a feature.
- random3 3y agoI have a similar line of thinking. However I think it applies generally and that any "broker" (e.g. Amazon) that is not explicitely on your side will be in conflict of interest. The implications are actually deep and wide.
- hightrix 3y ago> There are online communities beyond X As an aside, I find this phrase funny today. In the past, I would have known you are using the term 'X' to be a generic reference to online communities. Today, I don't know if you are talking specifically about twitter or just a generic online community.
- BiteCode_dev 3y agoPeople don't seek maximum diversity. People seek the exact diversity of a small sample of the world they tolerate. The people that say they do are just unaware of all the diversity they reject.
- random3 3y agoYou mean you don't follow random topics you don't understand or like? :)