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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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@justintstanley

Oct 20, 2017

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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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True, but I don’t think we can count on any given platform at the moment.

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I’d like to see better tools developed that are open so that platforms like reddit, Twitter, FB, et al can moderate falsehoods

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Great idea! Open source standards that the community can review and improve upon.

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Exactly!

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I don’t see a more democratic way forward

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