In-reply-to » Internet's Echo chambers 101

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci You can’t say that it’s been deboooonked, but follow it with evidence, finding that it doesn’t happen as often, as people assume.

We can argue about the details, but the fact is, that on most social media recomendaitions are based on what you like, rather than providing you all opinions on what you’re frequently looking at.

Most sites also show some bias in their moderation, on top of that, so people often end up on the sites, where finding opposing opinions is harder, than those they agree with.

This isn’t enough to create an echo chamber in most cases, but just look around social media and see how many people are subscribed to blocklists, designed to filter out the rest, or just block those, who try to have a discussion, about specific topics.

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