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whistlingbatter t1_jb0ans3 wrote

the bier hall putsch was also started in a very loud echo chamber

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[deleted] OP t1_jb1gb1n wrote

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Haui111 t1_jb49o3r wrote

Look Timmy! This is called a strawman argument.

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TargetDroid t1_jb29iq9 wrote

Meanwhile, Reddit goes undetected…

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FraseraSpeciosa t1_jb2li2e wrote

Reddit is actually better than most for getting rid of echo chambers. There’s alt right stuff on this site make no mistake but it’s not blatantly everywhere like other platforms.

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phred14 t1_jb2spiz wrote

There are of course the arguments about there being left-leaning echo chambers, but then you have to ask how much of that is a "both sides" argument and how much is real. Keeping in mind the "facts have a liberal bias" comments.

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methyltheobromine_ t1_jb4sebb wrote

Reddit is an echo-chamber too. "Echo-chamber" is a feedback loop, not just right-wing feedback loops. Are you not understanding this on purpose?

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Haui111 t1_jb4a3sw wrote

I think it’s cowardly that they vote you down instead of discussing with you.

I don’t think it’s that easy but you’re right in a way. I think reddit is a more obscure, has stronger and decentralized moderation and also is more democratic than other sm platforms. This attracts and keeps a more diverse and (imo) higher educated crowd.

It also does not encourage the loudest voice or the most „prominent“ as for example twitter does.

So yes, I think reddit is far better at keeping people in communication.

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frawgletz t1_jb5f8rq wrote

Sorry but do you have evidence of this? There are third parties who study this kind of thing and I don't think Reddit scored very high in the past

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TargetDroid t1_jb2lmhd wrote

LOOOOL

Oh yes, yes… it’s just the alt-right stuff that’s the problem on Reddit.

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methyltheobromine_ t1_jb4t8t2 wrote

Echo chambers lead to extremism, any kind of extremism. There are no more echo chambers on "the right". Echo chambers aren't even limited to politics.

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[deleted] OP t1_jb5ty2l wrote

You are correct. "Right echo chambers" are most of the time even smaller (but often "louder", therefore, the right chambers appear larger than they are). But this one here is very focused on small but polarizing topics. This shape seems exceptionally "designed" showing strange communication patterns (presumably amplified and intended by Kremlin-orchestrated troll accounts). That is what the study is saying. Nothing more, nothing less.

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