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Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says AI should moderate social media
(www.businessinsider.com)
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Empowering users or just handing them the keys to their own echo chambers? Innovative but fraught with potential downsides.
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We're all living inside echo chambers already. Nobody wants to be forcibly fed a "balanced" online media diet. Just imagine what the feed would be like if it contained an equal amount of content from every social media platform in the world with all possible views being represented. People would either not want to engage with it at all, would just fight and argue all day or start blocking opposing views to get back into the echo chamber. I think people should be free to choose for themselves what kind of content they consume.
You’re right that echo chambers are unavoidable, but dismissing balance as chaos ignores the nuance. The current system already feeds division, so why not explore tools that nudge users toward diverse perspectives without forcing them? Autonomy doesn’t have to mean isolation—it can coexist with thoughtful design that fosters understanding instead of entrenching biases.
Rejecting balance outright feels like surrendering to the status quo.
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