RE: LeoThread 2025-09-24 14:20

[ultimaterhole]

The Right gets pushed off platforms.

The Left walks away by choice.

That makes it obvious which side is allergic to discourse

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[ultimaterhole]

The political echo chamber problem isn’t solely a Right-wing issue. Before a major ownership change at a dominant platform, right-leaning users built alternative social networks out of necessity after being banned from mainstream sites

[ultimaterhole]

After that ownership change, left-leaning users set up alternative platforms not because they were banned, but because they didn’t want to engage with the Right, leaving the dominant platform voluntarily

[ultimaterhole]

This refusal to engage creates self-made echo chambers that can spiral into extremism: dangerous falsehoods spread and amplify, fueling fear and panic and enabling conditions that justify violence

[ultimaterhole]

Many on the Left blame their extremism on the Right’s, yet that view is shaped by the echo chambers they’ve voluntarily locked themselves into

[ultimaterhole]

Right-wing echo chambers are also a problem, but they often arise as a reaction to left-wing intolerance

[ultimaterhole]

Turning the dominant platform into a true marketplace of ideas was expected to solve the echo chamber issue. It didn’t, because one side actively self-silos. No clear solution is apparent — any thoughts?