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Re:Ask HN: How do I escape the echo chamber? by marcus_holmes on Monday January 30, 2017 @07:23AM (#13520587)
I tried this - I have an anti-vaxxer "friend". Didn't work, the algorithm doesn't publish any of her stuff, I have to go and check her feed specifically for the weird stuff she posts.

I have another pro-Trump friend, again, nothing he says makes it into the feed.

Is there some critical quantity of "alt-friends" you need to balance?

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Re:Ask HN: How do I escape the echo chamber? by KirinDave on Monday January 30, 2017 @10:46AM (#13522078)
It's just quantity. But also I have about 6 bookmarks that I open all at once. So there is something of deliberate "dipping into the pool" you need to do.

I youtube sometimes and my fans have asked me what that "Absolute Despair" bookmark hotbar is. It is this.

For me, so much of my family hates me, my lifestyle, my profession, and my refusal to put their kids through religious college that I can never really escape.

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