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People becoming more polarized
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:13 pm
Can I be an optimist and suggest these are just growing pains? With the internet and social media, there is so much more information as well as communication than ever before...by a wide margin. Yes I believe it’s true that there are way more people that are “radical” on both sides of the political aisle and on every issue. But is this just something that was inevitable with there being so much more access to information and an increase in ability to communicate with like minded (as well as not like minded) people? And that we will come out of it stronger and better off overall from having access to information and people interested in what’s going on in the world?
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Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:13 pm to sabes que
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there is so much more misinformation
FIFY
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:15 pm to sabes que
If anything, all of this has made me give even less of a frick about what acquaintances and FB friends think. I’ve learned to worry about my family first, then real friends.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:17 pm to Ric Flair
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I’ve learned to worry about my family first, then real friends.
Nothing wrong with worrying about family and friends equally.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:17 pm to sabes que
That’s what happens when two back to back presidents are polarizing figures. Media and their sensational bs reflects this current nasty trend.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:18 pm to sabes que
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Can I be an optimist and suggest these are just growing pains?
I hope you are right about growing pains. It seems as though as misinformation grows so does the divide.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:19 pm to Ric Flair
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If anything, all of this has made me give even less of a frick about what acquaintances and FB friends think. I’ve learned to worry about my family first, then real friends.
Damn straight! Well put!
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:19 pm to Paul Allen
Depends on the family and friends. Should have phrased it immediate family. I could give a shite what my slapdick cousin thinks.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:20 pm to Ric Flair
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I could give a shite what my slapdick cousin thinks.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:21 pm to sabes que
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With the internet and social media, there is so much more information as well as communication than ever before...by a wide margin. Yes I believe it’s true that there are way more people that are “radical” on both sides of the political aisle and on every issue.
It's because the internet is a giant confirmation bias echo chamber.
Take the poli board on this site or basically the entirety of reddit as examples.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:58 pm to sabes que
You should really watch the movie "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix. It touches on how social media puts us all in bubbles of like-minded people, which has led to an increase of polarization of the population.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:01 pm to sabes que
I don't think there are more radical people, they are still a minority by a longshot if taking a headcount. They are extremely loud and brazen on either side of the political spectrum. Most of us, probably 75% of us, get along just fine.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:03 pm to sabes que
You should really watch "The Social Dilemma" on netflix.
It will answer a lot of your questions and concerns.
Scary shite.
It will answer a lot of your questions and concerns.
Scary shite.
This post was edited on 10/8/20 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:04 pm to sabes que
tRant is the only social media I habituate anymore. It felt so good to delete Facebook. What a cesspool.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:04 pm to ConfusedHawgInMO
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Most of us, probably 75% of us, get along just fine.
Ya, until Gameday against each other's teams.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:09 pm to Centinel
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Ya, until Gameday against each other's teams.
duly noted
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:10 pm to ConfusedHawgInMO
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I don't think there are more radical people, they are still a minority by a longshot if taking a headcount. They are extremely loud and brazen on either side of the political spectrum. Most of us, probably 75% of us, get along just fine.
I might even go higher than 75%.
The interesting thing to me is the more fringe a voice gets the more traction it seems to get. It seems people in the middle while they might not agree with them on quite a bit they are drawn to the OTT passion as if they feel they are fighting the good fight against evil so they are OK in my book at least until they go too far.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:15 pm to i am dan
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You should really watch "The Social Dilemma" on netflix.
Watched this the other night and it really puts it into light how much the algorithms have placed people into tighter bubbles.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:17 pm to sabes que
This trend has been on a steep increase for the past 20 years.
This isn’t growing pains.
It’s shite approaching critical mass.
This isn’t growing pains.
It’s shite approaching critical mass.
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