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Re:Why Echo Chambers Are Useful [pdf] by austincheney on Sunday November 04, 2018 @10:29PM (#18379671)
The problem with echo chambers isn't so much verification (is the information accurate?) but rather validation (is the process of acceptance rational or qualified?).

Echo chambers tend to be hyper-subjective, which means new information is accepted or rejected on the basis of content-oriented rules opposed to whether decisions upon the information are valid, qualified, or balanced. That suggests the injection of precisely targeted information focusing on group acceptance is the only criteria of success, which makes the group dangerously susceptible to manipulation.

Counter-intuitively echo chambers are primarily desirable for a number of irrational reasons not related to subject matter. People tend to find security in conforming group dynamics, generally fear originality, and strongly enjoy commitment even in opposition to strong evidence.

Contrarily, in echo chamber opposed groups the primary qualifier of information acceptance is process of argumentation. The idea or information that survives a brutal, but process-approved, argument is the most worthy. That form of objectivity can be emotionally disruptive for persons not prepared or understanding of the group process.

Re:Why Echo Chambers Are Useful [pdf] by TazeTSchnitzel on Monday November 05, 2018 @06:02AM (#18381373)
> Contrarily, in echo chamber opposed groups the primary qualifier of information acceptance is process of argumentation.

Ostensibly, but there's a lot of people notionally opposed to echo chambers who are very happy in their own.

Re:Why Echo Chambers Are Useful [pdf] by moorhosj on Monday November 05, 2018 @08:55AM (#18382296)
Lots of people are hypocrites or just completely oblivious to the cocoons they’ve built.