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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 20
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    Recent events highlight what should now be abundantly clear: Twitter is a mass psychology experiment on the perils of confirmation bias, and we're all the test subjects. If we don't develop strategies to counteract this, we're just feeding into a giant engine of false consensus.

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      2. Adrian “Cognitive Infiltrator” Vermeule‏ @Vermeullarmine Jan 20
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        There is a strategy. It’s called censorship.

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      3. Francis X. Rocca‏Verified account @FrancisXRocca Jan 20
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        Too big a question for tweeting, perhaps, but how can we make sure the censors aren’t even more biased than social media users?

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      1. Trevor Estrada‏ @TrevinoDuende Jan 20
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        I just want to hijak this to say thank you. I don’t have the patience for this hyper partisan/tribal war (it feels I’m talking to a brick wall) and will prob be taking a break, but please keep talking about this. It’s not trendy to do so but this is absolutely necessary

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      2. Hi, I'm cool.‏ @drsb Jan 20
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        The most strident people block those who do not share their views. There is this funnel and on top of it is AI and algorithms feeding you what “you’ll like.” It has distorted the world of a lot of people, heightened anxiety, deepened divides, etc.

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      3. The Topical Zealot‏ @marktilfordbass Jan 21
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        Algorithms don't belong on this platform, IMO. A real time timeline of simply the people you follow would be amazing.

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      2. Greg Martin‏ @SelkirkArt Jan 20
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        Twitter amplifies media messaging from larger(old media) concerns. Twitter didn't start Russophobia or make the Democrats embrace the CIA. People have it backwards. Twitter is low level street fighting over issues created by the mainstream media.

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      2. Charlemagne Sota‏ @TheChickenSoda Jan 20
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        Replying to @EseKansaiJinBen @mtracey

        People just have the tech to be aware.of it now.

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      1. Terry‏ @Terry36507177 Jan 20
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        Common sense and reason are cheap but in very short supply.

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      1. Ron Royston‏ @RonHRoyston Jan 20
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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_five_regimes#Democracy …

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      1. ItguyA‏ @ItguyA Jan 20
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        This type of tweet reminds me of Facebook from ten years ago when everybodys posts were trying to be woke haha

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      1. Turbo 🎶 🇺🇸‏ @BareDimension Jan 20
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        Please don't throw stones at my glass house.

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      1. Tim Owen‏ @oddlots Jan 20
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        Maybe there should be a "fight club / hunger games" feature to Twitter where users are forced to interact with those they disagree with based on their similar follower count. Might burn the whole thing down.

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      1. Handsome Falcon [  ✝  🇺🇸  ☕ ]‏ @d4v1d5m1t6 Jan 20
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        Am I supposed to disagree with this?

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      1.  ☂️skyfish ☂️‏ @skyfishgoo Jan 21
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        welcome to the struggle. you see, our bodies are just big machines and coordinating all the different cellular inputs to form anything like rational consciousness, has already blazed this trail many times. we need to trust in the process, and hope our species wakes up in time

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      2. Taylor MacDonald‏ @tmacjensen Jan 20
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        Exposure to Twitter and blogs have actually made me realize that politics is more about people with different values trying to compromise towards systems that benefit them and their tribe. Contrary to confirmation bias, this makes me more sympathetic to different ideas.

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      3. Taylor MacDonald‏ @tmacjensen Jan 20
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        I realized eventually that people's axioms can be differently suitable and politics is not just about being right or wrong, good or evil. Good people are often mistaken. Fwiw

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