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Carol Chen
8 years ago

It may get heated sometimes, but at least on Diaspora* we still talk to each other



The more we click, like and share stuff that resonates with our own world views the more Facebook feeds us with similar posts. This has progressively divided the political narrative into two distinct filter bubbles – one for conservatives and one for liberals (a blue feed and a red feed), pulling further and further apart in the run-up to election day. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/10/facebook-fake-news-election-conspiracy-theories #Facebook #Diaspora #SocialMedia #Bubbling #politics #OpenSociety

Facebook’s failure: did fake news and polarized politics get Trump elected?

The company is being accused of abdicating its responsibility to clamp down on fake news stories and counter the echo chamber that defined this election
John
8 years ago

It may get heated sometimes, but at least on Diaspora* we still talk to each other



The more we click, like and share stuff that resonates with our own world views the more Facebook feeds us with similar posts. This has progressively divided the political narrative into two distinct filter bubbles – one for conservatives and one for liberals (a blue feed and a red feed), pulling further and further apart in the run-up to election day. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/10/facebook-fake-news-election-conspiracy-theories #Facebook #Diaspora #SocialMedia #Bubbling #politics #OpenSociety

Facebook’s failure: did fake news and polarized politics get Trump elected?

The company is being accused of abdicating its responsibility to clamp down on fake news stories and counter the echo chamber that defined this election
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