• rottingleaf@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    it necessarily widens the debate-space from an unopposed confident statement to a dialogue that the onlooker can take into consideration while making their own decision.

    That part would be right if we weren’t talking about social media, which are designed to neuter this effect.

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      5 months ago

      All the better to counter-act that neutralizing force at every potent opportunity.

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        5 months ago

        That would be try to attract people outside of social media, not try to divert them inside social media where you’ll waste energy