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Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th by groby_b on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:53PM (#18592275)
It's worse. It's not an echo chamber - because the recommendation algos don't keep you with like minded people. They purposefully guide you towards more "engagement". And online, the most engagement can be had by trolling, not by agreeing with each other.

And "contrasting viewpoints" mean little when they're sheer lunacy.

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Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th by dvtrn on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:28PM (#18593801)
And online, the most engagement can be had by trolling, not by agreeing with each other.

The example that screams out to me reading this cmoment is Reddit and it's ability to sort comments and threads by "controversial".

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