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Reading comments in #reddit subreddits like the_donald is a textbook example of confirmation bias at work. It's hands down scary to witness

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I’m increasingly convinced that a concerted effort will be needed to pop these echo bubbles.

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And I’m not sure the best way to do it.

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This is an academic study of an echo chamber and many are so deeply entrenched in false beliefs that I would not know where to start.

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The quickest approach would be to dissolve the community/infosphere. This would force them to disperse, and is low cost for /r/ communities

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I agree. There has to be more efforts made to contain the spread of misinformation because it is damaging our democracy.

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Exactly. And not just ours.