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Comment by bvinc

The real story here is the story of someone who has actively avoided politics all of her life, but Twitter's engagement increasing algorithms got to her. It showed her outrageous Twitter mobs to feed her outrage cycle until she was hooked on politics and seeking out alt-right thinkers.

The interesting thing is that all those people in Twitter mobs that she's so upset about are also in an outrage cycle, hooked on Twitter.

The real hidden enemy here isn't political correctness, it's social media. It's the massive social experiment that no one signed up for, and it's driving us all insane.

parent bvinc 6 years ago

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