• solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    this is the exact reason why exile, excommunication, shunning, disfellowshipping, and all the rest are so effective. and a big reason people go along with glaringly wrong bullshit

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      11 months ago

      And the internet has given the folks with wrongness in their heart an out to find communities who will act as a bulwark against internal progress. No one around you likes you because you’re an asshole? Go on 8chan and get validated

      • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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        11 months ago

        It seems so obvious from the outside looking into these online echo chambers, that you wonder how anyone participating can’t see it.

        The really hard part is identifying these sort of things in your own online spaces.

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            11 months ago

            I don’t fully agree with this sentiment. There have been plenty of times where comment sections have pointed out additional context/bad and/or missing information on articles that I wouldn’t have otherwise known about. But on the other hand, they also can lead to cultivating echo chambers, as already mentioned. I think the best way to combat this is to teach people how to better recognize internal biases/prejudices and circle jerking, AKA some form of critical thinking.