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When your political network becomes an echo chamber

My politically active friends only share content that confirms what we already believe and I feel like we're living in a bubble but I don't know how to burst it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Algorithmic curation of social connections has created the illusion of consensus while isolating you from the broader complexity of political reality.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Algorithmic politics?”

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