I think most people are still offline for now. There are some who are specifically waiting for their VP mana to recharge. Some don't know that there was another patch that increased their resource credits, so they may still think they can't post. Regardless, I wouldn't imagine that things will get back to "normal" until Monday morning as that's the 5 day mark from the patch. Everyone should be fully charged then.
Yes, it's important to get out and get other information. However, on an entertainment platform such as facebook, or even on Steemit, people tend to view articles and posts on topics that interest them. It's no secret that I enjoy precious metals, so I look at a lot of posts about PMs. I'm not as into the bagpipes, so I don't tend to seek out those posts as much (at all to be totally honest). It is important to take in views from multiple perspectives, but that's one of the problems with getting our news where we get our entertainment.
You wouldn't tell someone who likes romance movies that they have to watch a horror movie to be well-rounded. It wouldn't appeal to them... unless they also happened to like horror movies.
I don't disagree with your point that we need more ideas from other perspectives. If we don't get them, then we just have an echo chamber where each group feels self-righteous about their belief because everyone else there feels the same thing, so the prevailing view must be right because no one has disagreed. That's not really healthy, but I'm not sure they our entertainment is the best place to get our news.
I probably could have been more eloquent and to the point, but hopefully you get the idea. I agree with your principle, but don't know that Steemit or facebook is the best place to be educating ourselves. Or maybe I just proved myself wrong by having a slightly different opinion and perspective than you. ;)
It becomes one and the same and blurred until one is affected by the entertainment and desensitized by the news.
The problem is that if they have never seen a horror movie. My daughter didn't want to go on the piggy train at the amusement park because she had never been on a ride before. Once on though, the ladybugs, the old cars and the carousel were all good to go.
This was more centered to educating ourselves about Steemit and the technology here. one can't really complain about their experience if they don't even know what caused it or what is being done at that very moment to patch it. Many didn't read any of the blogs explaining but instead raged on the ones that raged.
That's a good point. And there are a lot of things here that people might not know they like. There can be a certain element of fear or uncertainty, but like with your daughter, sometime we find things that we really like just because we tried something new. That was the case for me and precious metals.
It is very important to understand at least the basics of the technology behind Steemit. If you don't know how it works, it can hinder your progress. Or you'll just be confused and frustrated about why you can't do what you want to do.