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Re:Conspiracy theorists unaware their beliefs are on the fringe by Sharlin on Friday July 11, 2025 @03:37PM (#44536097)
Yes, but when reading these sorts of news it's a good habit to spend a moment reflecting on one's own potential cognitive blind spots as well.
Re:Conspiracy theorists unaware their beliefs are on the fringe by fuzzfactor on Saturday July 12, 2025 @08:59AM (#44541748)
That's the hard part, you got that.

If you're a staunch liberal or conservative and there's strong information flow where the authors are aligned with your own tendencies or talking points you have adopted, it seems almost frictionlessly neutral. Compared to info biased the other way where you notice quite fast and think "hey this isn't a neutral account" and quit listening right there.

It's even worse because it make actual neutral good-faith communication more difficult to recognize :\