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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by zamadatix on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:35PM (#32266665)
Increased polarization may be a form of engagement but it's certainly not the only way to engage and very likely not the type of engagement people were hoping for when lamenting political apathy. If anything the apathy problem was probably better viewed as "only polarized people care" not "we need more people polarized so they too care".
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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday July 28, 2022 @01:43PM (#32267788)
In my experience, most political groups these days are openly and deliberately unwelcoming to people who don't share their full set of policy preferences. If you talk to organizers, I think you'll find that polarized engagement is very much what they're hoping for.
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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by hunglee2 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:17PM (#32268220)
yes - we definitely forming in-group / out-group, and in fact being additionally intolerant to those who are resisting being so grouped
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