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- inteliboy4
Facebook feeds and internet forums just feed us our own bullshit - the internet has become this bespoke echo chamber circe jerk.
Years ago I would have thought the internet was going to bring us all closer together, different opinions or not, we'd all start to drift towards a progressive centre. Politically, it could be said the exact opposite is happening around the word.
Obama said it well:
“An explanation of climate change from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist looks exactly the same on your Facebook page as the denial of climate change by somebody on the Koch brothers’ payroll. And the capacity to disseminate misinformation, wild conspiracy theories, to paint the opposition in wildly negative light without any rebuttal — that has accelerated in ways that much more sharply polarize the electorate and make it very difficult to have a common conversation.”
- *worldinteliboy
- Facebook is going to have to decide how big a part they will play. We'll see how successful they are stopping "fake" news.formed
- We've learned that enough hatred/propaganda and a little hacking can determine the Presidency. Kinda terrifying.formed
- ^ it's not about stopping 'fake' news, it's about delivering 'paid' news.Gnash
- and propaganda has always swayed the masses. nothing new here.Gnash
- the internet is a wide open space, full of views that oppose ours. we choose the echo chamber, its human nature.BonSeff