I wouldn’t say it disproves anything. You’re ignoring how humans act both systemically and in groups. Dissenting opinions only strengthen echo chambers. Honestly, I don’t think you can have the echo chamber effect without diverging opinions.
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If you systematically follow the research, especially high quality studies, the lesson is clear: People encounter more opposing views online than face to face. The case is settled. Other people are not dumber than ourselves.
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Echo chambers *aren't* a figment of the intellectual imagination. From https://twitter.com/bkeegan/status/527452134393282560 … using Andy Baio's data, this is a graph from 2014 with "core" GamerGate on the right, showing a much wider connectivity, while the bulb of the crescent is Anti-GamerGate.pic.twitter.com/B5ooX4MJ3d
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I have always advocated diversity of thought. But it is hard to do now with everybody getting mad about virtually anything.
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Online echo chambers. There are real life echo chambers.
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What may be true for YouTube comments is very unlikely to be true for algorithm driven social media
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YouTube comments aren't self-curated. Twitter and friendships are
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I mostly frequent blogs that align with me politically, though i disagree w/ a large number of commenters on minutiae
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