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Re:Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, ex... by sdegutis on Thursday July 07, 2016 @03:47PM (#12051666)
The world is a museum of echo chambers. You can't escape it, it's in our nature. People want confirmation bias.
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Re:Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, ex... by simonswords82 on Thursday July 07, 2016 @04:18PM (#12051834)
Look no further than Brexit and /r/unitedkingdom for a perfect example of this. You would not think that half the UK population voted to leave the EU based on the rhetoric in that sub. The pro-remain echo is deafening.
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Re:Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, ex... by keithpeter on Thursday July 07, 2016 @04:40PM (#12051932)
Sample of UK population that posts on Reddit may not be representative of UK electorate (and also about 37.5% of those in the UK electorate voted to leave the EU).

But I take your point about echo-chambers. That is one of the reasons I lurk and post here.

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Re:Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, ex... by clifanatic on Friday July 08, 2016 @03:26PM (#12058023)
Yeah, that's just the thing... there are lots of anti-reddits out there, they're just not very popular. If reddit stopped acting as an echo chamber, all of its users would just leave and find a different echo chamber.
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