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Lovely piece. I liked this bit: > the diversity of themes and opinions is less online today than it was in the past. New, different, and challenging ideas get
by josephb 11y ago
Lovely piece. I liked this bit:
> the diversity of themes and opinions is less online today than it was in the past. New, different, and challenging ideas get suppressed by today’s social networks
In a crowd environment or mob mentality (which is driven by social media) people can often refrain from airing an opinion that might be divergent.
From observing friends, less and less are interested in reading beyond "140 characters" or whatever is considered byte size.
But even more concerning is people are too quick to "like" or "me too" something without considering source or veracity, or taking due consideration.
Personal investigation or research into an issue, before dishing out invective is becoming rare.
- InclinedPlane 11y agoHN is a perfect example. It tries very hard, and in some ways it succeeds. And yet the attention half-life for a given conversation is measured in hours and long replies often simply aren't read, let alone upvoted. While a sufficient number of people who downvote for disapproval results in stilted, shallow, uninteresting conversations more often than not. And HN is ahead of the game compared to, say, reddit or, guh, facebook.