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by sidthekid 2501 days ago
The physical world is hugely polarized. I don't see how tweaking the UI of websites is going to reduce real-world tendencies, it's a losing battle.
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It seems to me the online world is more polarized (and abusive) than the real world.
Online culture may have driven this, but in a survey of people in the USA people were asked which type of person they would least like their children to marry. The “types” were things like same-gender, transgender, Christian, Muslim, no-college, Republican.

Those who identified as Democrats had Republican as “least liked”.

Those who identified as Republican had the first two I listed.

However more polarised online is, that above is real world polarisation, and it’s pretty serious.

Source: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ymwgbNCHG9f34dmxPNNuj?si=R...

Completely agree here. For most people, having that fired-up political debate makes them feel smart and empowered.