Comment by k4rli
1 day ago
Hasn't it always been echochambers? 2000s/2010s forums, irc servers, heavily moderated reddit... Has there ever been free speech truly?
Pre ~2020 4chan was rather open and unmoderated, but also had CSAM issues.
1 day ago
Hasn't it always been echochambers? 2000s/2010s forums, irc servers, heavily moderated reddit... Has there ever been free speech truly?
Pre ~2020 4chan was rather open and unmoderated, but also had CSAM issues.
I wasn't talking about free speech per se, but about the fragmentation of public discourse. Having multiple popular platforms makes fragmentation easier.
All your friends are here. All nazies/wokes are there. There's nothing and nowhere to discuss.
It's a strawman argument, of course there are many groups that have nothing to do with politics and echo chamber is wholly inappropriate. Think about your hobby or friend groups, certainly seems fine to have those be little islands in the internet sea.
You are also correct there is nothing new here, groups have been able to create very small echo chambers if they want, many options today.
Nor do they have to be "echo chambers", there are places in the middle which largely remain unexplored. This is where I've charted my course in ATProto