Remaking Social Media for the Next Revolution - Polidicks

[quote]Tufekci: What would you say are some of the biggest lessons you learned? Ghonim: Social media offered a decentralized way for those who are not in power, or in control of media, to broadcast and communicate. But to a large extent this is a double-edged sword. You could use that to raise awareness, defend human rights, and try and rescue people whose rights were being violated. But at the same time the government learned how to use it to broadcast misinformation and propaganda, and online dynamics helped create a polarized environment as well. Tufekci: What are you referring to? Ghonim: Instead of constructive dialogue about the way forward, there were bitter flame wars among many groups—sometimes among friends. Rather than uniting to take the country forward, the conversation descended into bickering, propaganda, many false claims, and fear-mongering.[/quote] (...) [quote]Tufekci: There’s another issue. Many of the tools activists rely on to organize and broadcast their message don’t facilitate deliberation. They are also based on what’s called the “attention economy,” where the loudest voices can get more attention. This facilitates polarization, but you can’t really argue things out. Ghonim: Yes. The current social-media currency is based on likes, shares, and retweets. People are more interested in broadcasting their opinions than engaging in discussions. I once sarcastically said that I feel like it is much harder to actually stand up against the mainstream on Twitter than stand up against a dictator, because at least when I stand up against a dictator I know there are a lot of people who will support me. But when you stand up against the Twitter mainstream, they are just going to all go against you.[/quote] source: [url]https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601241/remaking-social-media-for-the-next-revolution[/url]

as I've said previously, I believe social media has played a large part in how divisive our country has gotten in recent years

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;50880753]as I've said previously, I believe social media has played a large part in how divisive our country has gotten in recent years[/QUOTE] yeah, MGS2 Predicted this shit with scary accuracy.

just force anonymity

[QUOTE=Wii60;50880764]yeah, MGS2 Predicted this shit with scary accuracy.[/QUOTE] what, cut sence are you talking about?

[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;50880790]what, cut sence are you talking about?[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;0iC9xpDSXyI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iC9xpDSXyI[/video] [QUOTE=Zezibesh;50880773]just force anonymity[/QUOTE] honestly this is why stuff like 4chan/8chan is the best social media sites. pure anon, no filtered opinions. you see it all. Get a leveled opinion. I mainly use the sites to counter hype or anti-hype in games/movies. it works pretty well

[QUOTE=Wii60;50880820][video=youtube;0iC9xpDSXyI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iC9xpDSXyI[/video] honestly this is why stuff like 4chan/8chan is the best social media sites. pure anon, no filtered opinions. you see it all. Get a leveled opinion. I mainly use the sites to counter hype or anti-hype in games/movies. it works pretty well[/QUOTE] Honestly, you're full of shit if you think the Chans are any less prone to becoming an echo chamber. You might not get banned or shunned for saying something, but you also have to reason to uphold any sort of standard of logical or intellectual honesty when arguing, and very often the memiest, most antagonistic opinions rise to the top simply drown out everything else.

[QUOTE=Mingebox;50881906]Honestly, you're full of shit if you think the Chans are any less prone to becoming an echo chamber. You might not get banned or shunned for saying something, but you also have to reason to uphold any sort of standard of logical or intellectual honesty when arguing, and very often the memiest, most antagonistic opinions rise to the top simply drown out everything else.[/QUOTE] Maybe not 4chan, but the variety of boards in 8chan gives you a lot of points of view, they have polar opposites and it's up to you to take the information how you want.