This is good. I believe it underplays social media. But a lot of punditry is interpreting social media in a vacuum: good corrective to that.https://twitter.com/kreissdaniel/status/795629969179312129 …
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Forces fueled by digital connectivity do not come out of nowhere. The dynamics existed. They are fueled though, not just made more visible.
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More visibility & the ability to connect with like-minded others is a dynamic in and of itself: internet altered that. But not in a vacuum.
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Same with algorithms: "they amplify human tendencies" is no defense. Of course. That's why they matter. They amplify. Swimming vs drowning.
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Similarly, all this post-truth stuff didn't just come out of nowhere. A political machinery has been building this version for decades.
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But this is absolutely true. Social media in general—and Facebook algorithm in its own way—definitely part of story.https://twitter.com/dwsNY/status/796009327194734592 …
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I follow Trumpesphere on social media. The number of outright falsehoods that have gone very very viral every day is hard to count.
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I've been listening to talk radio for decades. I'm aware of the difference. This election went from "that's, um, no" to "ARE YOU KIDDING?!".
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So, it matters if the most insane conspiracy has more reach (and exercised among peers) than mass media: a faulty institution, but not this.
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But, it did not happen in a vacuum: starting history around this election misses what's merging with what: underlying dynamics and internet.
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