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Re:Show HN: I removed politics from Twitter with AI by keiferski on Saturday September 14, 2024 @04:55AM (#41538475)
It is a tiny tool that pushes people further into echo chambers. Opting out into the “I don’t need to know anything about politics” is itself an echo chamber, usually by well-off people (as you mentioned.)

It would be really great to see people making little tools that go in the opposite direction.

Re:Show HN: I removed politics from Twitter with AI by krapp on Saturday September 14, 2024 @07:59AM (#41539243)
We don't need people to make tools that go in the opposite direction. Politics is everywhere on the internet. No one needs a tool to find political opinions online any more than one needs a tool to find cockroaches in a sewer.
Re:Show HN: I removed politics from Twitter with AI by keiferski on Saturday September 14, 2024 @08:01AM (#41539251)
I don’t think you understood my comment at all, the point of which was to create tools that help people understand each other better.
Re:Show HN: I removed politics from Twitter with AI by krapp on Saturday September 14, 2024 @08:39AM (#41539440)
I don't think that's a problem that can be solved with technology. And sometimes people understand others perfectly well, and their choice to avoid those people isn't the result of ignorance or fear.