echo chambers

A practical guide to combating internet echo chambers

By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Social media is a wonderful place. It’s a convenient location where views that reflect your own converge; a little bubble of like-minded users, if you will. But, have you ever wondered why everyone seems so like-minded? Why do cat lovers keep getting memes of cats and American conservatives keep seeing TikToks that have already envisioned an annexed Canada?  The answer lies in social media algorithms, which create the illusion of a like-minded world through “filter bubbles” — mechanisms that personalize online content based on users’ personal information and actions, such as commenting, sharing, or…

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