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@hosford42 sounds like total bullshit
"...the average number of close friendships reported by individuals has nearly doubled..."
almost like a hit piece to tell people they should make less connections and not organize 😂
@serapath I've been thinking for years that there was something like this going on. My personal pet theory has been that we are free to select people more and more like ourselves the more connected we get, which leads to an intensified echo chamber effect. I found this to be an interesting alternative (or maybe complementary) mechanism.
@serapath Before 2010, I couldn't find fellow autistic people to talk to. After that, communities started forming. There are definitely some positives to being more connected. The drawback is that people like QAnon and Trumpsters can also find each other and thereby mutually reinforce their absurd and vile beliefs.
yeah, but i think it is also a choice.
i am really happy to be able to find ppl who are likeminded and even today it is still hard.
But i think more people should also join the various echo chambers far away from their personal ideas, at least as observers - to at least have a first hand awareness of why and how people think so differently.
