How Facebook makes us dumber
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How Facebook makes us dumber
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Re: How Facebook makes us dumber
#2As a search provider, DuckDuckGo tries to prevent the "gated community" syndrom:
http://dontbubble.us/
Re: How Facebook makes us dumber
#3That's a ridiculous headline to derive from analysis of published article with title "The spreading of misinformation online".
Sure the idea that Facebook makes us dumber might have some truth in it. But it cannot be fairly evaluated unless one proves that the alternative Network Television or Grandma email forwards were not making us even more dumber before Facebook rose to prominence.
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#4Facebook makes smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.
Same as with every other technology / medium.
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#5Facebook makes smart people smarter and dumb people dumber. Same as with every other technology / medium.
And it doesn't make dumb people smarter and smart people dumber?
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#6Being extreme in a group is signalling. Which explains the echo chambers that form.
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#7Hm... the alternative explanation is, people were always dumb, Facebook (and internet in general) just makes it more apparent by giving us more oportunities to display our stupidity.
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#8Facebook makes smart people smarter and dumb people dumber. Same as with every other technology / medium.
And it doesn't make dumb people smarter and smart people dumber?
It doesn't do either of those; as always, reality is complex and doesn't boil down to soundbite slogans.
Hacker News is making us dumber.
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#9Reddit too. I just wrote 500 words without using any logical fallacies backing up my assertions with scientific studies from trusted sources, why does my comment have -12 points without a single person taking the time to refute my position in a comment?
I believe managed, licenced hunting in Africa supports conservation efforts, there is no reason ever to spank or hit a child, all children should be vaccinated, and pitbulls are dangerous.
So, most people have unfriended and/or blocked me on Facebook. Now I live in a bubble. I'm not bothered by people who don't agree with me. I'm bothered by people who can't debate these topics without getting riled up. The African hunting topic ended with someone threatening my little sister. I can understand the business decision behind letting people live in a bubble.
Re: How Facebook makes us dumber
#10That's a ridiculous headline to derive from analysis of published article with title "The spreading of misinformation online". Sure the idea that Facebook makes us dumber might have some truth in it. But it cannot be fairly evaluated unless one proves that the alternative Network Television or Grandma email forwards were not making us even more dumber before Facebook rose to prominence.
I think the problem with the article is that it doesn't dig deep enough.
For example, Facebook news feed is driven by an algorithm to push posts you are likely to be interested in. Liking an anti-vaccination post or anti-immigration post will surely result in more similar content in your news feed.
So Facebook inadvertently might be reinforcing confirmation bias more than anything else due to content being filtered and personalized to you only.