By tailoring info to your interests, the tech giants encourage ideological incest, isolating you from diversity and reinforcing the walls of your bubble.
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Is this an argument for internet trolls? Not the assumed cave-dwellers, rather the front-line vanguard that dive headlong into battle!

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Trolls exist to incite rage, so they fuel the hyperpartisanship. What's needed is for people to start following thinkers who challenge them intellectually rather than merely pander to them.
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How can I stop them?.....
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Well, you seem quite open-minded Louisa, so I'm not sure if this applies to you, but maybe just ignore the algorithms, and instead search for the new rather than the familiar, follow people who offer challenging perspectives rather than preaching to the converted, etc.
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Bots following you: Shouldn't be a problem as long as you're not following them. Person with opposite opinion: Talk to them, try to understand why they think the way they think.
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