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Sriram Krishnan
@sriramk.eth
Something I worry about: is how any position that is not extreme will get invariably get “primaried” by those with more extreme positions in any online debate. They will attract more energy , easier to get social capital and also plays well to most online algorithms. Having the center get and hold energy seems an unsolved problem.
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Sriram Krishnan
@sriramk.eth
this is not just about political debates but pretty much any online discourse.
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@kompreni
To fix this, we need more actions. Right now the only actions on social networks are "words" - which leads to the phenomenon you describe.
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@benersing
💯 This is playing out everyday IRL in American society and politics
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Drew Volpe
@drew
This is only true for large spaces. It doesn't happen if you're at dinner with 10 friends or in that telegram group of 20 people you know. That's why I believe the future of the internet is small groups of connected people.
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@b-rad
Maybe disdain of either extreme? The extremes use polarization, I feel like the center also needs a polarizing stance to attract users, which is obviously hard if you’re in the center. But perhaps a rejection of both left and right could work, particularly as the vacuum in the center continues to widen
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@binji.eth
selective information bias occurs more so now than ever because people are bombarded with so much information now that the only way to capture attention is to stand out; thus resulting in most discourse finding its way at extremities. it’s worrying, and probably deeply seethed with how we interact with the web.
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@ywc
Sums up most of the political debates
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Luigi Stranieri
@luigistranieri
You’re right to be worried. Navigating the web and especially social networks I noticed a trend where people voluntarily start “dumb” discussions on positions that in a normal world would not find any kind of attention. I’m worried too.
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@mintpossum
Certain people have also made use of the hate watch, because the algorithm doesn’t necessarily care if someone is just there to point out something is false, it’s engagement either way which means promotion.
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I agreee Centralists have a lukewarm engagement pattern It does seem spicy 🌶️ takes get all the hits As a founder I think my toughest challenge is to say what I want to say and still keep it PG
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