The thing that bothers me about the “echo chamber” argument is that most of what I’m witnessing on social media isn’t opposing worldviews, it’s moronic bullshit getting clicks for being controversial. “Both sides” has been abused too often by bad actors to drag the Overton Window over to where we’re expected to listen to clearly bad faith garbage that shouldn’t have ever be able to leave someone’s kitchen.
The thing that bothers me about the “echo chamber” argument is that most of what I’m witnessing on social media isn’t opposing worldviews, it’s moronic bullshit getting clicks for being controversial. “Both sides” has been abused too often by bad actors to drag the Overton Window over to where we’re expected to listen to clearly bad faith garbage that shouldn’t have ever be able to leave someone’s kitchen.