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some address the echo chamber

artappraiser — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 04:03:07 +0000

some address the echo chamber thing in comments later on the thread--there's no need to blame the software, grownups can chose not to have one

Ok, after all that high

artappraiser — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 03:59:52 +0000

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Ok, after all that high faluting talk, here's the problem, though--it's wanting to hang with people that know how to be SOCIAL:

I cannot emphasize enough how life-changing it is to just fully and unapologetically embrace the block and mute buttons on this thing.

Some ppl sign onto Twitter to share jokes and figure out interesting stuff together. Others are broken ppl and rage-mongers. Just block em!
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) November 30, 2020

It’s not even rude. It’s just a matter of pruning your online social life the exact same way that everybody naturally treats their offline networks.
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) November 30, 2020

maybe the answer for those who do not like "bubbles" of dittoheading

Yes.

It's also worth having an appeals process for the odd false positive though.
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) November 30, 2020

for sure. that appeals process tends to elicit kindness and good faith! i make a point to accept 100% of the un-block requests i receive.
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) November 30, 2020

"Can a country in which

artappraiser — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:51:17 +0000

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"Can a country in which people refuse to listen to one another’s perspectives continue to function as a democracy?" @HankBissonnette on the importance of tolerating disagreement, popping media bubbles, & building a common identity in @AreoMagazine https://t.co/TJei0i6eFY
— Paul Kuhne (@pauljkuhne) November 27, 2020

Another psych study I

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 07:48:13 +0000

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Another psych study I reference which I haven't seen referenced before in context of social media effects is a 1967 Abelson one on how insults make people more likely to commit to their initial beliefs. pic.twitter.com/l54bQKTAMh
— Zachary Elwood (@apokerplayer) November 18, 2020

Nate Silver on same:

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:52:44 +0000

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Nate Silver on same:

One thing that's striking here is the extent to which Facebook is maximizing for short-term, measurable gains as opposed to long-term brand equity. A better news feed could result in more trust from readers, more partnerships with news organizations, higher internal morale, etc. https://t.co/4ettG93YVw
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 24, 2020

Publishers understand this, which is why they employ editors. If the NYT wanted to maximize traffic *next week*, they could publish lots of highly sensationalist or even conspiratorial stories about Trump, etc. But this would likely be very damaging to them in the long term.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 24, 2020

There's also a degree of path-dependance. If Facebook has lost high-info readers because its news feed is too low-quality, the remaining customers might not like it if you changed things. But ideally you'd want to win the high-info readers back, which could take time to measure.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 24, 2020

Echo chambers make for better

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:45:42 +0000

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Echo chambers make for better user engagement. https://t.co/XVeyeWVS56
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 24, 2020

Funniest part of this tweet

ocean-kat — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 01:51:40 +0000

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Funniest part of this tweet is that in the comments selected to assess toxicity they used "your antifa." Honestly I don't know if that was picked as an accurate spelling of a comment or if the people doing the study are also that stupid and didn't know the correct usage of your and you're.

Democracy is healing https:/

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 01:26:50 +0000

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Democracy is healing https://t.co/EIf8ds0Hg4
— Robert L. Tsai (@robertltsai) November 24, 2020