Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way to go viral

Re:Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way t... by hndirect on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:04PM (#27632506)

> Unless social media companies start penalising polarising content and rewarding more constructive posts,

Twitter and Facebook are not shy about having a hand in the conversation. If anything they reward polarizing content, and they've shown interest in censoring wrongthink, but do they have any interest in turning down the temperature?

> these platforms will continue to be swamped by political animosity that risks spilling into real-world turmoil.

It's more than a risk, it's been spilling into real-world turmoil for years.

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Re:Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way t... by ruined on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:20PM (#27632772)

a subset of journalists seem to continually forget that media is still real, social media perhaps even more so

nobody else seems to have this delusion, except cops responsible for investigating threats and harassment campaigns against individuals.

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Re:Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way t... by whatshisface on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:13PM (#27632654)

I think it is interesting that high temperature plus censoring wrongthink makes two minute's hate. Calling things Orwellian is something of a cliche, but it is occasionally appropriate.

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