Could Removing Social Media Metrics Reduce Polarization?

Re:Could Removing Social Media Metrics Reduce Polarization? by sidthekid on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @03:21PM (#20750914)

The physical world is hugely polarized. I don't see how tweaking the UI of websites is going to reduce real-world tendencies, it's a losing battle.

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Re:Could Removing Social Media Metrics Reduce Polarization? by beat on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:57PM (#20752044)

It seems to me the online world is more polarized (and abusive) than the real world.

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Re:Could Removing Social Media Metrics Reduce Polarization? by thundergolfer on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:24PM (#20752826)

Online culture may have driven this, but in a survey of people in the USA people were asked which type of person they would least like their children to marry. The “types” were things like same-gender, transgender, Christian, Muslim, no-college, Republican.

Those who identified as Democrats had Republican as “least liked”.

Those who identified as Republican had the first two I listed.

However more polarised online is, that above is real world polarisation, and it’s pretty serious.

Source: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ymwgbNCHG9f34dmxPNNuj?si=R...

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Re:Could Removing Social Media Metrics Reduce Polarization? by president on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @05:02AM (#20755589)

Completely agree here. For most people, having that fired-up political debate makes them feel smart and empowered.

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