> social media creates a high ratio of beliefs one agrees with to those which one does not

Guilty.  But I think i'm aware of how niche many of my beliefs are (including of Bitcoin).  I wonder if there's any quantification of how self-aware different groups are of their own minority viewpoint status.


SimpleStacker

blah blah blah but I liked how this bit was articulated

In addition to the populist environment, people are encouraged to develop more niche beliefs by attention-grabbing algorithms. Social media creates a high ratio of beliefs one agrees with to those which one does not, which makes political compromise seem like a loss in the fantasy world where one’s unique perspective is shared by most of the content you consume.

I wonder if you could quantify how much confirming content one receives and its influence on the metrics algorithms are optimizing for.

Politics_And_Law

blah blah blah but I liked how this bit was articulated

> In addition to the populist environment, people are encouraged to develop more niche beliefs by attention-grabbing algorithms. Social media creates a high ratio of beliefs one agrees with to those which one does not, which makes political compromise seem like a loss in the fantasy world where one’s unique perspective is shared by most of the content you consume. 

I wonder if you could quantify how much confirming content one receives and its influence on the metrics algorithms are optimizing for.